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ZOROASTRIANISM
Mazdayasnians, deified, 5, 228; its superiority to other religions, 5, 296 sq. and n.; 24, 5-7, 40 sq.; the true religion, the best of knowledge, 18, 88; 37, 412, 417; infidels, foreigners, and demon worshippers unfit to be adopted, 18, 191; rights of foreigners and infidels, 18, 196 sq.; Mazda-worship is the true faith, 18, 386; Sraosha, the incarnate Holy Word, 23, 160-7; the Holy Word is true and happy and powerful, 23, 169; its doctrine of good and evil not proceeding from the same source, 24, xxv; the unquestionable and well-betokened good religion, 24, 4; a true man is he who believes in the dogmas of Z., 24, 82 sq.; unwavering faith in Z., the first good work, 24, 257 sq.; the good religion the word of God, 24, 270; steadfastness in the religion leads to heaven, helping others to be steadfast is the best good work, 24, 321 sq.; sin of intercourse with women of a different religion, 24, 325; four principles of Z., 24, 329 sq.; to be defended by the sword, 31, 39, 50; the 'primaeval law' followed by Zoroaster, 31, 68, 72; the thriftlaw, 31, 71, 78; the pantheon of Z., 31, 195-203; the Zoroastrian law, with its long descent, worshipped, 31, 199 sq., 206, 211, 217, 221, 225, 259, 272, 277, 328, 349; the religion of Zarathustra and former religions devoted to Asha and Ahura-Mazda, worshipped, 31, 255 sq.; 37, 3; the doctrines of Z. delivered by Ahura-Mazda and nourished by Vohu Manah, 31, 354; conversion to Z., 37, 114; benefits of the good religion, 37, 264; seven perfections of the religion, 37, 273-5; advancement of the religion by good works, 37, 323 sq.; a good thinker about the religion of righteousness, 37, 344; principal doctrines of Z., 47, 51, 69; the triumph of Aûharmazd, 47, 119; coming of the religion compared to the birth of a child, 47, 133 sq.; ten admonitions as to the religion, 47, 167, 167 n., 169 sq. See also Daêna, and Morality (c).
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(6) HISTORY OF Z.
History of Z., 4, xiii-xvi, lxivlxix; as known in the first centuries A. D., 4, xiv sq.; Thomas Hyde on Z., 4, xvi, xvi n.; the state religion during the Sassanian period, 4, xxxiii, xxxviii sq., xli; religious persecution, 4, xxxviii, xlvi n., xlvii; Brâhmanical, Buddhist, and Greek elements in Z., 4, li-lvii, lxv sq., Ixviii sq.; Jewish elements in Z., 4, lvii-lx, Ixviii sq.; Chaldaean influences on Z., 4, lix sq., lxiv; Achaemenian and earlier elements in Z., 4, Ix-lxiv; Media, its centre, 4, lxii sq., lxvi sq.; Aryan elements in Z., 4, lxiii sq.; Scythian origin of Z., 4, lxiv; Z. of the Avesta, and of the Pahlavi texts, 5, ix sq.; men of the 'primitive faith,' or Z. in all ages, before and after Zoroaster, 5, 1x, 242-4, 244 sq. n.; 23, 180, 180 n., 228-30; 24, 87, 87 n. ; Z. and Christianity, 5, lxix sq.; 18, xxiv; Avestic and Indo-Iranian myths, 5, lxxi sq.; the good religion of the Mazdayasnians produced by Vohûman, created in Khvanîras, 5, 9, 33; elements of Z. in Islâm, 6, lxviii sq.; struggling with Mohammedanism, 18, xxvi sq.; advancement of religion through Peshyôtanû and his companions, 18, 258; Semitic elements in Z., 23, 3; accepted by Vistâsp, 24, 65; represented as an immense tree, 24, 118 sq.; how it was revealed and spread abroad, 24, 170-2; remarkable events in the history of Z., 24, 314 n.; as represented in the Gâthas, 31, xviii-xxii; where was its original home? 31, xxvii-xxxiii; religion of Darius Mazda-worship, but not Z., 31, xxx-xxxii; its influence on Gnosticism and Judaism, 31, xlvi; aggressive and missionary in its spirit, 31, 37, 41, 41 n.; opponents of Z., 31, 122 sq., 125; inigration of Z., 31, 291 n.; Zoroaster accepts the religion from Aûharmazd, 37, 230 sq., 243; progress of the religion of Aûharmazd, 37, 245, 271 sq.; three codes of Z., 37, 407 sq.; Khûsrôi son of Kavad on Avesta and Z., 37, 415-18; lamentation over the anarchy in
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