Text extracted from opening pages of book: CAMA ORIENTAL INSTITUTE PAPERS ( Capers contributed to the Journal of the K. R. Cama Oriental Institute, Bombay) BY BE. JIVANJI JAMSHEDJI MODI, B. A., ( BOMBAY UNIVERSITY, 1877); PH. D. ( HONORIS CAUSA, HEIDELBERG, 1912) ; C. I. E. ( 1917) ; Fellow of the University of Bombay ( 1887) ; Dipl. Littcris et Artibus ( Sweden, 1889) ; Shams-ul-Ularna ( Govt. of India, 1893) i Offlcier d'Academie ( France, 1898); Offlcier de 1' Ins traction Publiquc ( France, 1902) ; Honorary Correspondent of the Archaeological Department of the Government of India ( 1914); Campbell Medalist ( 15. B. Royal Asiatic Society, 1918) ; Fellow of the B. B. Royal Asiatic Society, ( 1923) ; Honorary Member of the Bhandarkar Oriental Re search Institute, Poona ( 1923); Chevaligr, Legion d'Uoimeur ( France, 1925); Offlcier, Croix de Merit ( Hungary. 1925). BOMBAY: THE BRITISH INDIA PRESS, 1928. Printed by C. Wollen, Superintendent, British India Press, Bombay, and Published by J. J. Modi, B. A , PH D., C. I. E., Hon. Secretary, K, R. Cama Oriental Institute, Hornby Road, Bomba;-* To THE SACRED MEMORY of THE LATE Mr. DAMODAR GORDHANDAS SVKHADWALLA, AS A HUMBLE TOKEN of MY APPRECIATION OF HIS NOBLE GIFT of RUPEES ONE LAC to THE K. R t CAMA ORIENTAL INSTITUTE, CONTENTS. PAGM I. AN OLD AVESTA-PAZEND-SANSKRIT MANUSCRIPT OF THE SAROSH-HADOKHT, AND ITS WRITER 1 II. AN OLD MANUSCRIPT OF THE KITlB-I DAR0N YASHT 6 INTRODUCTION 6 THE SCRIBE . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 AUTHORITIES REFERRED TO BY THE SCRIBE . . . . 9 A PECULIAR METHOD OF NUMBERING THE FOLIOS . . 9 THE SUBJECTS TREATED ARE MOSTLY THE BAJS . . 10 BAJ VARIAVNI 10 THE MASSACRE AT VARIAV, REFERRED TO IN THE BAJ RITUAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 PARSEE CONTRIBUTORS OF THE GAZETTEER . . . . 11 L! R. SORABJI M. DESAI'S ACCOUNT . . . . . . 11 A BAJ REFERRING TO A JATRA OR A PILGRIMAGE BY A KING .. .. 13 THE BAJ OF MINO MARESHPAND JASIIAN . . . . 17 Two BAJS OF THANAK 18 BAJ OF AGRRAS . . . . . . . . . . 19 V \ NANT BAJ 20 THE BAJ OF THE BAHMANIAN FESTIVAL . . . . 21 BUOFMOKTATMA 21 THE BAJ OF HAPTA AMESHASPAND . . . . . . 21 BAJ OF PANTHA YAZATA 21 BAJS MAY BE RECITED WITHOUT FlRE . . . . 22 A FEW PARTICULAR PARSI-GUJARATI WORDS . . 22 THE INVERSE ORDER OF THE GUJARATI WRITING . . 23 APPENDIX . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 III. TWO MINIATURES, ON THE FUNERAL CEREMONIES OF THE PARSIS, IN TWO MSS. OF THE GUJARATI VIRlF-NAMEH. MSS. OF THE PARfS BlBLIOTHEQUE NATIONALS NoS. 75 AND 76 FONDS INDIKN) 28 CONTENTS PAGB5 INTRODUCTION 26 THE TWO MANUSCRIPTS REFERRED TO BY MR. INOS TRANSEV 28 THE AUTHOR OF THE GUJARATI VERSION . . . . 28 DASTUR RUSTAM PESHOTAN'S VIRAF-NAMAH. ITS DATE 31 RUSTAM PESHOTAN'S REFERENCE TO HIMSELF IN THE WORK 33 ANOTHER GUJERATI VERSIFIED VERSION OF THE VIRAF NAMAH 35 THE INTRODUCTION OF THE PAHLAVI AND PERSIAN VlRAF-NAMAHS 38 THE INTRODUCTION OF DASTUR RUSTAM PESHOTAN'S GUJARATI VraAF-NAMAH 38 EXPLANATION OF THE MINIATURE PAINTINGS . . . . 40 APPENDIX . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 IV. A NOTE ON THE PARSE E MASSACRE AT VARIAV 47 V. A FEW NOTES ON THE PAHLAVI TREA TISE OF DRAKHT-I ASURlK 60 ANOTHER READING OF THE PAHLAVI WORD READ AS ASURIK 59 WHICH is THE CITY SPOKEN OF AS SHATRO-I-KHAJURIK ? 60 VI. A NOTE ON AN OLD MANUSCRIPT OF THE DIVAN-I-HAFIZ. RECENTLY PRESEN TED TO THE LIBRARY OF THE K. R. CAMA ORIENTAL INSTITUTE 62 % VII. A FEW NOTES ON ANQUETIL DU PE RRON'S OWN COPY OF HIS ZEND AVESTA, L'OUVRAGE DE ZOROASTRE, RECENTLY DISCOVERED IN COLOMBO 64 I. INTRODUCTION 64 II. TUB OBJECT OF THIS PAPER 66 CONTENTS 111 PAGE III. HlSTOBY OF THE MIGRATION OF THESE VOLUMES FROM PARIS TO BOMBAY 67 THE AUTHOR'S OWN COPY. How IT PASSED INTO THE HANDS OF LANJUINAIS 68 LANJUINAIS . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 WHY THESE VOLUMES DID NOT PASS INTO THE BIBLIO THEQUE DU Roi 69 WHY ANQUETIL'S PROPERTY WENT TO AUCTION EARLIER 70 FROM THE HANDS OF LANJUINAIS TO THOSE OF DR. LEE 71 DR. LEE 73 OULLIMORE . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 DANIEL SHARPE . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 PROBABLE CONCLUSION