A General Index To The Names And Subject Matter Of The Sacred Books Of The East Classic Reprint

Author : F. Max Müller
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ISBN 13 : 9781331990703
Total Pages : 442 pages
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Download or read book The Sacred Books of the East, Vol. 23 written by F. Max Müller and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-26 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Sacred Books of the East, Vol. 23: Translated by Various Oriental Scholars Sirozahs and Yasts, and of the Nyayis. This part of the Avesta treats chiefly of the mythical and legendary lore of Zoroastrianism. For a satisfactory translation of these texts, the etymological and comparative method is generally considered as the best or as the only possible one, on account of the entire absence of any traditional interpretation. I have tried, however, to reduce the sphere of etymological guesswork to its narrowest limits, with the help of different Pahlavi, Persian, and Sanskrit translations, which are as yet unpublished, and have been neglected by former translators. I found such translations for the SIrdzahs, for Yarts I, VI, VII, XI, XXIII, XXIV, and for the Nyiyfc 1 (besides the already published translations of Yarts XXI and Xxii). Of the remaining Yarts, which are mostly of an epical character, there is no direct translation available; but a close comparison of the legends in Firdausi sShih Nmah seems to throw some light, even as regards philological points, on not a few obscure and important passages. This has enabled me, I believe, to restore a few myths to their original form, and to frame a more correct idea of others 2. In this volume, as in the preceding one, I have to thank Mr. West for his kind assistance in making my translation more readable, as well as for valuable hints in the interpretation of several passages. James Darmesteter. Paris, 13 December, 1882. 1 These translations have been edited in one Etudes Iraniennes, Ii, 253 seq. (Paris, Vieweg, 1883). 8 See ibidem, Ii, 206 About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."