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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LXVII, 15.
DUTIES OF A HOUSEHOLDER.
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7. (Then let him offer other seven Balis) to all (the seven Ishtakâs or goddesses of the bricks of the altar, also to the east of the fire, while pronouncing the Mantras), 'Thy name is Ambâ; thy name is Dulâ ; thy name is Nitatnt (Nitatnir); thy name is Kupunika (and so on).'
8. (He must offer four Balis with the Mantras), O Nandini; O Subhagâ; O Sumangalt; O Bhadrankari,' (placing the Balis) in the corners (beginning with the south-eastern corner and proceeding) towards the south.
9. (He must place two Balis), addressed to Sri Hiranyakest and to the trees, near the firm pillar 1.
10. (He must place two Balis), addressed to Dharma and Adharma and to Mrityu, near the door.
11. (He must place one Bali), addressed to Varuna, in the water-jar.
12. (With the words, ‘Adoration be) to Vishnu,' (he must place one Bali) in the mortar.
13. (With the words, 'Adoration be) to the Maruts,' (he must place one Bali) on the mill-stone.
14. (In the apartment on the roof (let him place two Balis) addressed to Vaisrâvana (Kubera) the king, and to all created beings.
15. (With the words, 'Adoration be) to Indra and to Indra's ministers,' (he must place two Balis) in the eastern part (of the house).
with Devapâla's readings and his remarks on them. Nand. wrongly refers the four names mentioned in 7 to the four quarters of the globe. The Mantra quoted in 7 is found complete in the Kathaka, XL, 4, and, in a modified form, in the Taitt. Samh. IV, 4, 5, 1.
9. ''I. e. the pillar which supports the house.' (Nand.) It appears from an analogous passage of the Mânava Grihya-sûtra, that a pillar in the middle of the house is meant.
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