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.
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Kinvad bridge (that is, it departs by the passage of the bridge).
In Vig. p. 83, it is said that “hair from an ox or a horse is suitable, as it is declared by the Hâdôkht: “Geus và aspahê va varesa.”
In Vig. pp. 144, 145, it is said, with reference to announcing the name of the deceased during the celebration of the Srôsh Yast after a death, that 'it is declared by the Avesta of the Hâdôkht:“Yêzi narð mazdayasnô haka gaêthâbyô parairithyêiti, aad hê nãma hadha pitô frageurvayad; yêzi nâirika para-irithyêiti, kad yad hê nãma hadha pathanô uzgeurvayâd, Spitama Zarathustra! aêtem våkem ni antare mazdayasnanãm frasastayâd :If a man who is a Mazda-worshipper passes away from the worldly existence, in such a case one holds out his name with that of his father; and if it be a woman who passes away, in such a case one upholds whatever is her name with that of her husband, o Spitâmân Zaratůst! one shall further bless this statement (that is, its being reverenced is important) among the Mazda-worshippers, (do thou proclaim and further bless this statement)."'.
XXI. STÔD-YAST Nask 1. It has been already shown, in Dk. VIII, Chap. XLVI, 1 n, that the whole of this Nask is probably still extant in the Yasna and Vispêrad. About half of the present Yasna appears to consist of five-sixths of this Stôd-yast, to which have been added three
? The actual extent of those portions of the Yasna and Vispêrad which appear to have constituted this Nask, may be estimated at about 12,500 Avesta and 22,400 Pahlavi words.
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