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Zend Avesta, a collection of hymns, prayers, and thanksgivings, 187.
" " extracts from the Gathas, 188.
" " extract from the Khordah Avesta, 189.
" " hymn to the star Tistrya, 190.
" " hymn to Mithra, 190.
" " a confession of sin, 191.
Zoroaster, mentioned by Plato, Diodorus, and other classic writers, 175.
" account of him by Herodotus, 175.
" account of him by Plutarch, 176.
" inquiry as to his epoch, 180.
" resided in Bactria, 181.
" spirit of his religion, 182.
" he continually appears in the Avesta, 186.
" oppressed with the sight of evil, 184.