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All Avesta – parts of one vast Whole -- 31
Various styles and metres of extant Avesta -- 32
Different sources of the extant scriptures -- 33
Undue advantage of the ignorance of the reader -- 34
Mention of Divinities in the Nasks… -- 35
The first axiom in the study of Avesta -- 36
Zoroastrianism – universal law of Unfoldment -- 37
Later Avesta explain and supplement Gathas -- 38
Does not “Avesta” include “Gathas”? -- 39
Gathic and Avesta Amesha-Spentas -- 40
Writer’s sophistry re Yasht Literature -- 41
Gathic and Avesta divineness of Manthra -- 42
Style of dialogue in Gathas and Later Avesta -- 43
Style differs as the subject-matter differs -- 44
Zoroastrian scriptures before mischief by Alexander -- 45
Ahuna Vairya – the source of all Avesta -- 46
Concluding remarks -- 47
Chapter II
The Writer’s harping throughout the whole book on the
same string of Proselytism, which really forms the
burthen of his book -- 48-106
Questions involved in Proselytism -- 49
The writer – an advocate of conversion -- 50
Ashoi practice – vital force for Zoroastrians -- 51
Preaching of Truth – to whom, when and how? -- 52
Paoiryo-tkaesha – one of three classes of Souls -- 53
No religion before Zoroaster -- 54
Iran and Turan – no distinction of religion -- 55
Yoishta–Fryana – no convert -- 56
Universality of Zoroastrianism -- 57
Universal greatness and efficacy of Zoroastrianism -- 58
Universality does not imply proselytism -- 59
Writer’s perversion of Gatha 49; 6 and 44; 10 -- 60
No proselytism preached in Gatha 53; 1 -- 61
Universal Unflodment by the Law in Gatha 31; 3 -- 62
Absurd and irrelevant reference to proselytism -- 63
Royal examples from deviation from Zoroastrian Law -- 64
Far-fetched proselytism from Pahlavi -- 65
Writer’s ignorance of original Pahlavi -- 66
Making the ignorant steadfast in faith – no proselytism -- 67
Discussion of religion not same as proselytism -- 68
Wrong historical reference to proselytizing movement -- 69
Political influence not same as proselytism -- 70
Proselytism not at all implied by political union -- 71
The Magi – no proselytes but original Zoroastrians -- 72
No proselytism at all in Vendidad III, 40, 41 -- 73
Universality of Zoroastrianism Law in
Sarosh Yasht Hadokht -- 74
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