Zend Avesta Part 02

SR No.: 007672
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: James Darmesteter
Publisher: Oxford
Publication Year: 1883
Total Pages: 2221
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 41 MB

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CHAPTER I, 9-14.
12. This, too, is declared by the good religion, that Adharmazd spoke to Hadish', one of the sacred beings thoroughly worthy through righteousness, thus: 'O Hadish, who art thoroughly worthy through righteousness! thou shouldst proceed to Masyê and Masyâði, thou shouldst procure thy ? corn and bread from Masyê and Masyadi, and shouldst bless theirs thus: “This corn comes up owing to you, and, as it came unto you from Adharmazd and the archangels, may the corn extend from you unto your descendants without disturbance from the demons;" and two Ahunavairs 3 are to be recited for the staying away of the demon and fiend.' 13. And Hadish, the thoroughly worthy through righteousness, went to Masyê and Masyâôi, and he procured his corn and bread from Masyê and Masyâôi, and it was given by them; he also blessed them thus : May this corn come up from you, as from the archangels! as it came unto you from Adharmazd and the archangels, may it extend from you unto your descendants, without disturbance from the demons;' and two Ahunavairs were recited by him, for the staying away of the demon and fiend.
14. And, owing to the explanation of the sacred beings, Masyê and Masyâôi attained also to the manufacture of clothing, the tending of sheep, housebuilding, and primitive carpentry, the agriculture and husbandry of the ancients, and the memory of their original state ; and these proceeded from them through their lineage, presenting an example and
1 Mentioned in Visp. i, 9: ii, II: ix, 5, and recognized as a spirit in Pahl. Visp. i, 31 (Sp.). The spirit who assists the husbandman, see Etudes irân. ii, 2016
9 The MS. has his,' as in $ 13, by mistake. 3 Two of the sacred Yatha-ahd-vairyô formulas.
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