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under which several men rose to eminence and greatness. 13. Spent, sixty chapters. It contained an account of the early years of the Prophet’s life. According to the Ravayet and Dr. Haue’s authority, it treated of the doings of Zoroaster till he was ten years of age, but according to Professor Harlez, till he was twenty. Great importance is attached to this book in the Ravayet, where it is said that a close study of it led a man to acquire all that he desired.

14. Bakan Yasht (worship of God), seventeen chapters. It treated of the greatness of Ahura Mazda and of the Ameshaspends, His archangels.

15. Nikadum, fifty-four chapters. It contained precepts about preserving and adding to one’s wealth, and treated of what is ordained by God. It also treated of deliverance from hell; of innocence of life and of what is in the soul and body of man.

16. Dubasrujd, sixty-five chapters. It treated of “khvaityodath,” z.e. marriage among relatives. This word is capable of being otherwise explained. It literally means ‘giving oneself to.” In this latter meaning it is used for the act of giving oneself to the cause of religion or God. In the Avesta it is used in this sense.

17. Husparam, sixty-four chapters (some authorities give sixty-five and some sixty). It treated of what is Incumbent upon all men to know, viz. the punish-