Zend Avesta Part 01

SR No.: 007671
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: James Darmesteter
Publisher: Oxford
Publication Year: 1895
Total Pages: 2695
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 49 MB

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LXV, 10.
DUTIES OF A HOUSEHOLDER.
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3. With the three Mantras (beginning with the words), “Ye waters are,' he must (fetch and) announce the Arghya (or water for washing the hands).
4. With the four Mantras (beginning with the words), 'The golden-coloured,' (he must fetch and announce) the water for washing the feet;
5. With (the one Mantra, beginning with the words), · May the waters of the plain propitiate us,' the water which is to be sipped ;
6. With (the one Mantra, beginning with the words), 'Carry away (all) that, О ye waters,' the water destined for the bath;
7. With (the four Mantras, beginning with the words, "Proud) of the chariot, of the poles, the hero,' unguents and ornaments;
8. With (the one Mantra, beginning with the words), ‘A youth, splendidly arrayed,' a garment; .
9. With the one Mantra, beginning with the word), ' Blooming,' a flower;
10. With (the one Mantra, beginning with the
3, 4. See LXIV, 18.
5. This Mantra is found Atharva-veda I, 6, 4; XIX, 2, 2; Taitt. Arany. VI, 4, 1. Nand, states that it is kathasâkhiya, from the Sakhâ of the Kathas; but I have not found it in the Berlin MS. of the Kathaka, the only complete MS. in existence of that work.
6. See LXIV, 18.
7. This Mantra also belongs to the Katha school, according to Nand. It is not found in the MS. of the Kathaka, but it occurs in the Taitt. Brâhm. II, 7, 7, 2. The above translation is in part according to Sâyana's Commentary on the Taitt. Brâhm.
8. Rig-veda III, 8, 4, &c.
9. Taitt. Samh. IV, 2, 6, 1; Kath. XVI, 13; Atharva-veda VIII, 7, 27. Nand. says that it is a Taittirîya Mantra.
10. Kath. II, 7: Vagas. Samh. I, 8 (cf. Mahadhara's Commentary). Nand. says that it is a Taittirîya Yagus.
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