Zend Avesta Part 02

SR No.: 007672
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: James Darmesteter
Publisher: Oxford
Publication Year: 1883
Total Pages: 2221
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 41 MB

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EXTANT FRAGMENTS.
abundance, become as much his who gave it as though they had been done by his own hand.”
In Pahl. Vend. V, 73, it is said 'like unto this earth and that (sky) which would also cover over it (ever in all places; there is some one who says this is as to dead matter, that in the Nihâdûm says it is as to decision and judgment, and that in the Haspârâm says it is as to the ritual of the ceremonial).'
In Vig. p. 136, it is said that 'it is declared by the Avesta of the Nihâdam thus:-“Âad yad draono Vanantô stârô mazdadhâtô fråyazyâd, kathwârô draonô frakerententi aiwi-hvarenti, yad aêshô nå yô yaozdâthryo:-So when he, who is that man who is a purifier, shall consecrate the sacred cake of Vanand", the star produced by Adharmazd, they cut up and shall eat up four sacred cakes."
In Vig. pp. 180, 181, it is said that in the Nihâdum it is stated :-Åad aokhta Ahurð Mazdau: "Yad aêtê yo mazdayasna aêtem srirem vastrem stehr-paêsanghem hvãm tanům bâdha paoirim vanghanemka hadha varanô paitanemka, paskaiti aiwyaunghânô ava hê maidhyânem bagyamano." Aêtem zi srirem vastrem mainyutậstem haka mainyavanấm dâmạnãm avi mê fradadhâd Ahurô Mazdau ashava. “Yatha hê varanô paitanem asti mãnayen hvare-khshaêtahê, adhâd hadha hê vastranãm yaozdâthranãm frâyaza vâ nizbaya vâ Ahurâi Mazdâi ameshanãm spentanãm, Spitama Zarathustra !”—Thus spoke Adharmazd: “When for him, of those who are Mazda-worshippers, there is this beneficial, star-spangled (that is, wrought) garment ?, always (after seven years of age, that is,
1 The southern leader of the stars, probably Fomalhaut (see Bd. II, 7, V, I).
The sacred shirt.
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