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CHAPTER XIII, 30-40.
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each stanza of four lines; it is made up from the five chieftainships and four classes ?. 35. The two repetitions of Spentâ-mainya (Yas. XLVI, 1) 2 are, one for the laudation of the beneficent spirit (spendamat), and one for that of the earth .
36. One Spentem-Ahurem-mazdãm (Visp. XXII, 1-11) * is the laudation of the creatures of the beneficent spirit, and one is the destruction of the creatures of the evil spirit.
37. The twenty-two stanzas of the Vohu-khshathra Gâtha (Yas. L) are those twenty-two judgments which are lodging within judges, as written above 5. 38. The two repetitions of Vohů-khshathrem (Yas. L, 1) are, one the laudation of living (zindakih), and one of the supreme Zaratûst.
39. One Vohů - khshathrem yazamaide (Visp. XXIII, 1-9)7 is for the laudation of Shatvairo 8, and one of metal. 40. The two repetitions of Avi
1 See $$ 9, II.
The first stanza of the Spenta-mainya Gâtha, which is recited twice, both in its proper place and at the end of each chapter of that Gâtha (see § 12, note).
s It seems probable that the Pahlavi writer has here confounded Spendamat, the beneficent spirit,' with the archangel Spendarmad who has special charge of the earth; their names being even more alike in Pahlavi than in English, though corrupted from the distinct Avesta forms spenta mainyu and spenta ārmaiti, respectively.
• Visp. XXII follows Yas. XLIX in the full Parsi ritual, and is recited twice.
6 See $ 6.
. The first stanza of the Vohd-khshathra Gatha, which is recited twice, both at the beginning and end of the chapter (see § 12, note).
? Visp. XXIII, 1-9 follows Yas. L in the full Parsi ritual, and is recited twice.
8 The archangel who has special charge of metal (see $ 14, Chap. XV, 5, 14-19, and Bund. I, 26, XXX, 19); the name is here written Shatrîvar.
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| SR No. | 007671 |
| Book Title | Zend Avesta Part 01 |
| 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 |