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is of twenty-two subdivisions, for the understanding of the causes of mankind [&c., as in II, 14].
16. The name of the fifteenth book is Baghânyast, and that is of seventeen subdivisions, in praise of the Lord, the praiseworthy and exalted, and the admitted angels; also thanksgiving for the favours due to that which he makes expedient in the religion, and the thanksgiving for his favour lasts until one obtains it back in the end; likewise the appearance of the angels, and these are nobles for the praise of the sacred being.
17. The name of the sixteenth book is Niyâram, and that is of fifty-four subdivisions, about decrees as lo riches, bringing abroad, and whatever is made lawful ; obtaining deliverance from hell, performing service, slavery, and the nature of wayfarers; whatever is in the thoughts of mankind, and whatever is in the bodies of mankind.
18. The name of the seventeenth book is Aspâram, and that is of sixty subdivisions about rituals [&c., very nearly the same as in II, 17].
19. The name of the eighteenth Nask is Duvasrôb, and that is of sixty-five subdivisions, about robbers (duvâyân ?) of human beings [&c., very nearly the same as in II, 18).
20. The name of the nineteenth Nask is Askâram, and that is of fifty-two fargards [&c., very nearly the same as in II, 19].
21. The name of the twentieth Nask is Vindâd, and that is of twenty-two subdivisions [&c., very nearly the same as in II, 20]. And as to this book Vîndâd, which is the twentieth book of the Nasks, out of the twenty-one Nasks of the Avesta, we and you are now using it in the ceremonial, and when,
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