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Avesta: The Sacred Books of the Parsis. Edited by Karl F. Geldner. Published under the patronage of the Secretary of State for India in Council. (Stuttgart: Kohlhammer, 1885–1896.)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 March 2011

E. W. West
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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society , Volume 29 , Issue 2 , April 1897 , pp. 364 - 370
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Copyright © The Royal Asiatic Society 1897

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page 366 note 1 Its colophon reckons the date from the death of Yazdakard, which would make it equivalent to May 18, 1741; but there are reasons for believing that this era was already obsolete when this colophon was written.

page 367 note 1 It should, perhaps, be noticed that the natural effect of early marriage, in reducing the interval between successive generations, is very much counteracted by the practice of aged fathers, who have lost their sons, adopting youthful relatives to replace them.