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INTRODUCTION
It is customary amongst Parsis to recite the hundred and one names of Ahura Mazda as Muhammedans recite the 99 names (Asma-ul-husna) of Allāh, or as Hindus and Jains recite Satanāma or Sahasranama of the Divinity worshipped by them. Parsis generally use rosaries made of 101 amber-beads. It is not known however that there is anything similar to Tantric Sādhanā amongest Parsis for acquiring accomplishment or perfection (Siddhi) in any particular Mantra so that the Sadhaka thereafter becoming a Siddha or an adept is able infallibly to achieve his desired object with the aid of such a Siddha-Mantra. There are however historical instances of Upāsanā of Yazatas like Aradvisūra Anāhita and Ashi Vanguhi by the great heroes and kings of ancient Irān for achiveing various objects.
CONCLUSION We are glad to bring this Introduction which has grown beyond the farthest expectation and the widest estimate of the writer and the publisher, to a close. We take this opportunity to offer our apologies to the readers of the work for keeping them waiting for the Introduction beyond all reasonable expectation. The only thing which we would like to mention, not as an excuse for the delay but as a matter of fact, is that the Introduction was undertaken when the work itself was practically ready for publication and that we could only devote our leisure hours to the work although many a time we had to encroach upon the business hours also. The readers can well imagine the difficulties besetting the path of the Press and the Publisher in these times of stress, struggle and strife. The readers would therefore appreciate the more the enterprize of the Publisher in placing this very exhaustive work in their hands in such times. We thank the Press and the Publisher for the consideration shown by them and also thank the several friends who have been from the very beginning taking keen interest in the progress of the work and have been selflessly and unstintingly helpful in various ways in the preparation of this work. We would not attempt to describe the kind
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