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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BUNDAHIS.
CHAPTER XXIV. 1. On the chieftainship of men and animals and every single thing it says in revelation, that first of the human species Gâyômard was produced, brilliant and white, with eyes which looked out for the great one, him who was here the Zaratûstrôtům (chief high-priest); the chieftainship of all things was from Zaratūst 1. 2. The white ass-goat ?, which holds its head down, is the chief of goats, the first of those species created 3. 3. The black sheep which is fat and white-jawed is the chief of sheep; it was the first of those species created 4. The camel with white-haired knees and two humps is the chief of camels. 5. First the black-haired ox with yellow knees was created; he is the chief of oxen. 6. First the dazzling white (arûs) horse, with yellow ears, glossy hair, and white eyes, was produced; he is the chief of horses. 7. The white, cat-footed * ass is the chief of asses. 8. First of dogs the fair (arūs) dog with yellow hair was produced; he is the chief of dogs. 9. The hare was produced brown
So in all MSS., but by reading mûn, who,' instead of min, 'from,' we should have, ‘him who was here the chief high-priest and chieftainship of all things, who was Zaratûst.' The Pahlavi Visp. I, 1, gives the following list of chiefs: The chief of spirits is Adharmazd, the chief of worldly existences is Zaratûst, the chief of water-creatures is the Kar-fish, the chief of land-animals is the ermine, the chief of flying-creatures is the Karsipt, the chief of the wide-travellers is the ... , the chief of those suitable for grazing is the ass-goat.' ? See Chap. XIV, 14.
It is doubtful whether the phrase, the first of those species created,' belongs to this sentence or the following one.
. Or, 'cat-legged.'
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