[16] More correctly, Avesta-Zend.
[17] Sanscrit, Avasthâ. This is Haug’s conjecture.
[18] The Pazend language was identical with the Parsi, i.e., the ancient Persian.
[19] Dogs are here associated with man on account of their high value in an early stage of civilisation. Zarathustra protected them by special ordinances and penalties.
[20] The bridge Chinavat by which the souls of the good crossed into Paradise; a fancy afterwards adopted by Muhámad.
[21] Quarles.
[22] Emanuel Deutsch, “Literary Remains,” (edit. 1874, pp. 32, 33.)
[23] E. Deutsch, Literary Remains, p. 55, sqq.
[24] The Tinnevelly Shawars, by R. Caldwell, Madras, 1849.
[25] Calcutta Review, lii. 112, 113.