Dadistan-i Dinik
Translated by E. W. West
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The opening
EPISTLES OF MANOUSKTHAR. EPISTLE I. TO THE GOOD PEOPLE OF SiRKAN.
EPISTLE I.
TO THE GOOD PEOPLE OF SiRKAN.
Turovuca the name and assistance of the creator Athaymazd and the whole of the sacred beings, all the angels of the spiritual and the angels of the worldly existences.
A copy of the epistle of the priest Man(séthar }, son of Yad4n-Yim, which was composed by him for the good people of Sirkin, on the contents of the precepts (vigir-kavd5) which the priest Zaéd-sparam, son of Yfidan-Yim, prepared.
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About this edition
- The words
- E. W. West's English translation, copied word for word.
- Left out
- Page numbers and running heads from the printed pages, in 6 places
- The scanning library's leaf (a speck read as “i”) and its digitizing notice (2 blocks)
- The title page and opening pages before chapter 1, in 2 places
- A preface, foreword or afterword
- Notes and pages added by translators, editors or publishers, in 4 places
- The index
- Printed ornaments and dividers