Vendidad

• “Mazdean system may be seen from the title of the Vendidad, which is the largest and most complete part of the Avesta, so much so that when the sacred book is written or printed without the commentaries it is generally known as Vendidad Sade which means something that is”

  The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery

• “The part of the Avesta called the Vendidad, consisting of a collection of spells and incantations, means _vi-daevo-data_ or given against the Devas or demons.”

  The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV)

• “The three divisions are often found combined into a sort of prayer-book, called Vendidad-Sadah (Vendidad Pure); i.e.,”

  Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 3

• “The Vendidad is a nocturnal version of the Yasna with additional material added from the Zend-Avesta book of the same name.”

  Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]

• “The existing Avesta is more like a prayer book than a Bible, for it is as a liturgical work that it took on its present form, and as such that it is now generally used, though the part called "Vendidad" includes a large number of laws for religious ceremonies and the like.”

  The World's Greatest Books — Volume 13 — Religion and Philosophy

• “Because The Iranian can be said to reach to beforethelast ice-age, if we are tobelieve what is written in the Vendidad.”

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• “The resurrection of the dead, not taught by Zarathustra or in the Vendidad, takes place.”

  A Comparative View of Religions

• “First in the Vendidad, written after Zarathustra, does”

  A Comparative View of Religions

• “Sosiosh (Saoshyas), the deliverer already foretold in the Vendidad, appears.”

  A Comparative View of Religions

• “(F.C. C.) [1] James Darmesteter, in "Introd. to the Vendidad," in the _Sacred Books of the East_.”

  Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon"

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