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YASTS AND STRÔZAHS.
XX. VANANT YAST. This Yast ought to follow immediately after the Tîr Yast, as it is derived from the same Sîrôzah formula; the one in which Tistrya is invoked along with Vanant and Haptôiringa (Sîrôzah, $ 13). It is a mere supplement to that Yast. On Vanant, see p. 97, note 6.
o. May Ahura Mazda be rejoiced! .... Ashem Voh 0 : Holiness is the best of all good ....
I confess myself a worshipper of Mazda, a follower of Zarathustra, one who hates the Daêvas and obeys the laws of Ahura;
For sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification unto [Hâvani], the holy and master of holiness ....
Unto the star Vanant, made by Mazda,
Be propitiation, with sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification.
Yatha ahû vairyô: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness ....
1. We sacrifice unto the star Vanant, made by Mazda, the holy and master of holiness.
I will sacrifice unto Vanant, strong, invoked by his own name", healing, in order to withstand the accursed and most foul Khrafstras? of the most abominable Angra Mainyu.
2. Yath â ahû vairyô: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness . . . .
I bless the sacrifice and prayer, and the strength and vigour of the star Vanant, made by Mazda.
Ashem Vohd : Holiness is the best of all good ....
[Give) unto that man brightness and glory, . . . . give him the bright, all-happy, blissful abode of the holy Ones.
1 See p. 13, note 2.
2 The reptiles and other Ahrimanian creatures (Vendîdâd, Introd. V, 11) which are destroyed by the rain (Bund. VII, 7).
s Who sacrifices to Vanant.
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| SR No. | 007672 |
| Book Title | Zend Avesta Part 02 |
| 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 |