CONTRIBUTIONS TO AVESTAN SYNTAX. 571 



' nor doth a house stand established for me upon the earth 

 created by Ahura, if there shall not be a dog guarding the flock 

 or guarding the village.' 



As parallels from the Sanskrit and the Greek for conditional 

 sentences having the Subjunctive and the Indicative we may 

 quote : 



Rv. 5. 4. II. 



ydsmdi tvcim siikrte jataveda n lokdm ague krndvah sydndm 



asvinam sd ptitrinain virdvantam gomaiitaik rayim nasate 

 svasti. 



'for what pious man thou, O Jataveda Agni, shalt make a 

 pleasant place, he gaineth for his weal wealth of horses, sons, 

 heroes, and kine.' 



Euripides Alkestis, 671-672: 



d-v^axetv, to yyjpa.Q (f ouxez ear ahxoiz, ^apu. 



c. Subjunctive in the Protasis and Optative in the Apodosis. 



a. The Present tense in both Clauses. 



I. The Protasis iS introduced by the general 

 relative ya — .• 



ys. 30. 9 (GAv. verse) : 



ated toi vaem li'ydmd yoi im fjrasjni kjr^ndun ahum. 



'and then should we be for thee the ones who [=if any?] 

 may make the world prepared.' 



yt. 10. 91 = ys. 62. i (yAv. verse) : 



usta buydt ahindi naire 

 yas3 ■divd bdoa frdyazdite. 



' well may it be for that man, who shall continually worship 

 thee.' 



yt. 14. 48 (yAv. prose) : 



yat masydka frdyazdnte Vdrd&raynd ahnraddto . . . noit i&ra 

 airyd daihhdvo frqs liydt haena noit voiyna. 



