BABYLON AND PERSIA

INDEX. 447sians under the Akhaemenians,37°-- Vendiddd- Sadeh, the Parsi liturg)',8, 31.Verethraghna (victory), 71, 73 ;Eranian form of ""Vritrahan,"76."Vezaresha, the daeva who takesthe souls of the wicked, 164."Vishtaspa, or Kava "Vishtaspa,King Zarathushtra's friend anddisciple, 26, 102.(in Greek, Hystaspes) fatherof King Dareios I., (see Hys¬taspes.)Vispered, a part of the Avesta,contents, 30."Vohu-Mano," Good-Mind," oneof the Amesha-Spentas, 75.Vouru-Kasha, sea, mythical, 64.Vritra, the Aryan cloud-fiend,46.Vritrahan, " Killer of Vritra,the proudest title of Indra, 46 ;found in the Eranian " "Vere¬thraghna," 76.W.West, Dr. E. W., a Pehlevischolar.Women, Babylonian, independentposition of, 255-257.X.Xerxes, son of Dareios I., his con¬structions at Persepolis, 404-408.. Y.Yakub, said to be the Hebrewequivalent of Egibi, 246.Yama, the Aryan death-god, 52 ;first man, 53 ; king of the dead,ib ; ilis dogs, ib.Yasna, a part of the Avesta, con¬tents, 30.Yazatas (good spirits), 62, 66 ;Yzeds of the Parsis, 78 ; allcreated by Ahura-Mazda, 161.Yeshts, a part of the Avesta ; con¬tents and character, 31.Yezdegerd III., last Sassanianking, 3.Yima, his story, 89-93 ; his con¬nection with the Hindu Yama,89 ; his fall, 92.Yzeds, see Yazatas.Z.Zaothra, holy water at sacrifices,120.Zarathushtra, known to classicantiquity, 2, 7, 23 ; was he areal person ? 23 ; his questiona¬ble date, ib. ; his personality asshown in the Gathas, 24-27 ;was a reformer, 36 ; his missionand his work, 96." Zarathushtrotema," the head ofthe Magi, 272.Zedekiah, a son of Jehoiakin andbrother of Jeconiah, appointedby Nebuchadrezzar king of Judea,177 ; rebels against him,180 ; barbarous treatment andcaptivity of, 182.Zend, meaning of the word, 20.Zend-Avesta, sacred book of theEranians, 19 ; an incorrectname, 20.Zohak, a wicked usurper, a formof the mythical Aji-Dahaka, 93.Zoroaster, see Zarathushtra.Zoroastrians, i. e., followers ofZoroaster, persecuted by theArab conquerors, 3, 4 ; theirwanderings and landing in Gu¬jerat, 4, 5.