CONTRIBUTIONS TO AVESTAN SYNTAX. 577 



ys. 10. 8 (yAv. verse) : 



yd ya&a pii&j'jin taiimudvi 

 haonidni vanddeta masyo 

 ■ frd dbyo tamibyo 

 haomo visdite baesazdi. 



' whatever man should welcome Haoma even as a tender son, 

 Haoma shall come unto their bodies for healing.' 



(Note the variant readings Vdudaita, B 3. M 1, vandaiti L 13. 

 Lb 2. K 11. Bb 1 for vandacta, and visacte Pt 4, visaite J 3. Mf 2 

 visaiti K4. J 6. 7. H 1. P 6. C 1. L 2. 3. 2. Bb 1, visaitd L 13 

 for visdite). 



2. The Protasis is introduced by yedi, yezi: 



vd. 6. 3 (yAv. prose) : 



yezi nidzdayasna tqni zqni kdrayjn yezi dpo Jijvdzaydn yat 

 ahnii spdnasca navdsca pard-irid-inti dntardt naenidt ydrj-drdjo 

 ndsuspdeni pascaeta dstrydnte dcte yoi mazdayasna apasca 

 Z3inasca iirvaraydsscd. 



'if the Mazdayasnians should cultivate that land, if they 

 should let the waters flow, where either dogs or men perish 

 within the course of a year, then shall these Mazdayasnians de- 

 file with corpse-burial both waters, and lands, and plants.' 



(Cf. the Optative and Indicative in the similar passage vd. 6. 

 4 and the Subjunctive and Indicative in vd. 6. 8. It is also in- 

 teresting to observe the implied remoteness of the possibility of 

 such a defilement, as contrasted with the positive future certainty 

 of the penalty if the defilement is committed. — Professor Jack- 

 son.) 



vd. 9. 47 (yAv. prose) : 



yezica ho nd paiti-liincoit yd noit apivatdite ddenayd indzdd- 

 yasnois yaozddd-rydt haca kud^d actat driixs pdVBndite yd hdca 

 irista iipa jvdntdin upa-dvqsaite kiid-a aetdt nasii pdrsndite yd 

 haca irista upa jvantam iipa-raed-wayeiti. 



' and if this man should sprinkle who should not be cognizant 

 of the Mazdayasnian religion in accordance with purification, 



