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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CHAPTER I, 44 – II, 3.
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53. That of it which is also after that, until the end of the millennium of Aushedar-mâh and the arrival of Sôshåns.
54. And that of it from the arrival of the Triumphant Benefiter, until the wonder of the renovation and future existence; a statement of them each separately.
CHAPTER II. 1. About the marvellousness of the manifestations before the birth of that most auspicious of offsprings from his mother?
2. One marvel is this which is declared, that the creator passed on that glory of Zaratūst through the material existences of the creatures 8 to Zaratūst; when the command arose from Adharmazd, the coming of that glory from the spiritual existence to the worldly, and to the material substance (mâdiyâto) of Zaratūst, is manifested as a great wonder to the multitude (val kabedano). 3. Just as revelation mentions it thus: “Thereupon, when Adharmazd had produced the material (dahisno) of Zaratūst, the glory then, in the
1 The MS. has patas for pês.
9 The contents of this chapter are thus mentioned in the summary of the Spend Nask (Dk. VIII, xiv, 1 in S.B.E., vol. xxxvii, p. 31) The Spend contains particulars about the origin and combination of the material existence, guardian spirit, and soul (or glory) of Zaratûst; how the creation of each one occurred in the spiritual existence, and in what mode it was produced for the worldly existence; how their connection with the parents arose, the coming of the parents together, the combination in the mother, and the birth from the mother; and whatever is on the same subject.' * The writer uses two Arabic words: mâ diyâtõ-i 'halqo.'
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