[139]. Yast, viii.

[140]. Chinvat, the popular orthography of this word, is adopted as it represents the pronunciation.

[141]. History of Vartan by Elisaeus (Newman’s trans.), p. 9.

[142]. Gibbon, Chap. 23.

[143]. Yast, x.

[144]. Hindu Literature, p. 27.

[145]. Chips, Vol. I, p. 82.

[146]. Prof. Darmesteter and M. de Harlez claim that the Zend was the language of Aryan Media.

[147]. See page [20].

[148]. Haug’s Rel. of Parsis, p. 123.