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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FARGARD XI.
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"Yatha ahd vairyo:-The will of the Lord is the law of righteousness," &c.
«« Kem-na mazda :—Whom hast thou placed to protect me, O Mazda ?” &c.
""Keverethrem-ga:—What protector hast thou given unto me?" &c.
"" Who is the victorious ? " &c. ““Keep us from our hater, O Mazda !" &c.?
9 (26). 'I drive away Aeshma , I drive away the Nasu, I drive away direct defilement, I drive away indirect defilement.
['I drive away Khru, I drive away Khrdighnis.
'I drive away Baidhi, I drive away the offspring of Bàidhi
I drive away Kundi, I drive away the offspring of Kundi 0.]
'I drive away the gaunt Bashyāsta, I drive away the long-handed Bashyāsta "; [I drive away Mûidhi", I drive away Kapasti 8.]
'I drive away the Pairika 9 that comes upon the fire, upon the water, upon the earth, upon the cow, upon the tree. I drive away the uncleanness that
? As in Farg. VIII, 19, 20.
* See Farg. X, 13. • Khra and Khrdighni are not met with elsewhere; their names mean, apparently, wound' and 'the wounding one.' They may have been mere names or epithets of Aeshma khrûidru, *A@shma of the murderous spear.'
BQidhi may be another pronunciation of Baiti (see Farg. XIX, 1).
Kundi is very likely the same as Kunda (Vd. XIX, 41, 138) who is the riding-stock of the sorcerers (Bd. XXVIII, 42).
• See Farg. XVIII, 16. * A demon unknown. Perhaps Intoxication. • Unknown. Perhaps Colocynth, the type of the bitter plants • A female demon, the modern Parî, often associated with Yâtu, the wizard.'
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