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III. 3; Gâh IV.; Vishtâsp Yt. 17; Vend. VIII. 13; P. C. Ys. XLIV. 4; Bahman Yt. Chap. II., 57, 61); eight of them belong to the Dinkard (Dk. Bk. III., Ch. 80, Ch. 193, Ch. 285; Bk. VI., Bk. VII., Varstmãnsar Nask, Fargard XVIII.; Bagãn Nask XIV., XXI.); eight to the Dâdistân-î-Dînîk (Ch. XXXVII. 82, LXIV. 6, LXV. 2, LXXVI. 4, 5; LXXVII. 6, 7; LXXVIII. 19); three to the Maînôg-î-Khirad (Ch. IV. 4, XXXVI. 7, XXXVII. 12); and one to the later Pahlavi Ravâyet.

It is needless to point out that of these thirty citations more than twenty-two may be excluded from our inquiry, since, according to the result of Dr. West's own survey of them, it is admitted that "there is nothing in those passages to indicate the nature of the good work" meant by the word Khvêtûk-dasih (Ys. XII. 9; Vsp. III. 3; Gâh. IV; Vend VIII. 13; Vishtâsp Yt. 17; Dk. Bk. III., Ch. 193, Ch. 285; Dk. Bk. VI.; Maînôg-i-Khirad. Ch. IV. 4; XXXVI. 7; XXXVII. 12; Bahman Yasht. II. 57, 61). Besides, the first five passages

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