VALE of heroes, vii, 6
Valerian (Bazánúsh), Roman
Emperor (A.D. 253-260),
vi, 323 seq.
defeat and capture of, by
Shápúr son of Ardshír, vi,
294, 295
memorials of, vi, 295
confused with Odenathus,
Julian, and Jovian, vi,
324 seq.
death of, in captivity, vi,
326
Valkash (Vologeses I), Parthian
(Ashkánian) king, i, 62, 63
Vandaremaini (Andarímán),
brother of Arjásp, v, 13
Varahran I (Bahrám son of
Urmuzd), Sásánian king,
vi, 307
Varahran II (Bahrám son of
Bahrám), Sásánian king,
vi, 310
Varahran III (Bahrám Bahrámi-
yán), Sásánian king, vi,
313, 368
Varahran IV (Bahrám son of
Shápúr), Sásánian king,
vi, 313, 368
Varahran V (Bahrám Gúr),
Sásánian king, vii, 3
Vardanes (Bahrám), Parthian
(Ashkánian) king, iii, 9
seq., 109
Vardanes, wars of, with Gotarzes,
iii, 10, 11
assassination of, iii, 10, 11
character of, iii, 15
Varengana, the raven, i, 235, 236
Vedas, i, 129, 144, 171, 234, 337,
ii, 8, 11, 25
Vega, star, vii, 245
Vendídád, Nask, vii, 188
reference to Mazdak in, vii,
188
Venus, planet, i, 72, 100, 194,
276, 303, 322, 332, 339; ii,
115, 275, 345; iii, 143,
159, 254, 318, 332; v,
159; vi, 98, 102, 171, 190,
212, 224, 332; vii, 53,
151, 263; viii, 152, 359,
394, 395; ix, 26, 73
Verethraghna, the raven, ii, 25
Victory of Victories, The, ix, 69
Vídrafsh (Bídirafsh), v, 24, 26
Village-chief, 154
Vineyards, taxes on, vii, 215, 225
Virgo, constellation, iii, 24; viii,
359; ix, 71
Vishtásp (Vistaspa, Gushtásp,
q.v.), v, 24
Vistáspa (Vishtásp, Gushtásp,
q.v.), iv, 316; v, 11
Vistásp-sást, v, 11
Vitrified fortifications, vi, 79, 165
Vívanghat, i, 129
Vohúman. See Vohu Manau.
Vohu Manau (Vohúman, Bah-
man), ameshaspenta, iii,
271; v, 16, 17
Volga, river of European Russia,
falling into the Caspian,
iv, 316
Vologeses I (Valkash), Parthian
(Ashkánian) king (A.D. 51
-77), i, 62, 63
Vologeses II, Parthian (Ashká-
nian king), i, 19
Vologeses (Balásh), king of Kir-
mán, temp. Ardshír Pápa-
kán, vi, 205
Vologeses (Balásh), Sháh, vii, 170
Vonones I, Parthian (Ashkánian)
king (A.D. 8-12)
Vouru-Kasha, sea, iv, 137
Vritra, demon, ii, 25
Indra and, vi, 203
Vullers-Landauer edition of the
Sháhnáma, i, 77; vi, 60