CONTRIBUTIONS TO AVESTAN SYNTAX. 567 



vd. 3. 14 (yAv. prose) : 



yezi sc bardt acvo yat iristmi npa vd nasus raedwdl nais^lianai 

 haca cahnanat haca. 



'if he shall bear the corpse alone, then the Nasu shall defile 

 him by the nose, by the eye.' 



(Note the variant reading bai'at Jp 1. Mf 2. Br 1. Ml 2 for 

 bardt.^ 



vd. 6. 47 (yAv. prose): 



yezi noit didarjzydtite actada he aete siino vd k^r^fs-x'^aro vayo 

 vd kdrefs-x'^aro aetauJiqm astqni avi apqnica tirvaranqmca 

 bavdntsin frajasdt. 



'if they shall not fasten it down, then either these corpse-eat- 

 ing dogs or corpse-eating birds shall carry some of these bones 

 both to the waters and to the plants.' 



vd. 15. 4 (yAv. prose; cf vd. 15. 6): 



yezica aete asti ddtdhva arante garamoJiva vioante yat vd aete 

 gardina x^arj&a stainanjvi vd Idzvqvi vd apa-dazat ahmat haca 

 irisydt. yezi tat paiti irisyciti aihliat haca syaodndvavdza a&a 

 bavainti pdso-tanva. 



' and if these bones shall get between his teeth, or shall be 

 stuck in his throat, or if this warm food burns his mouth or his 

 tongue, he shall perish from that. Thereupon if he perishes from 

 that, those who did that deed become damned.' 



(Note the variant reading dazai Jp 1. Mf 2. L 1. 2. K 10 for 

 dazat^. 



b. Present tense in the Protasis and Aorist tense in the Apodosis. 



I. The Protasis is introduced by the general 

 relative ya — .• 



ys. 46. 6 (GAv. verse): 



at yast3m noit nd is^vino dydt 

 drujo hvo ddniqn hai&yd gdt. 



'then whosoever shall not come when bidden, he shall go unto 

 the true creations of the Druj.' 



