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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DINKARD, BOOK VII.
presence of Allharmazd, fled on towards the material of Zaratûst, on to that germ ; from that germ it fed on, on to the light which is endless"; from the light which is endless 2 it fed on, on to that of the sun; from that of the sun it fed on, on to the moon ; from that moon it Aled on, on to those stars; from those stars it fled on, on to the fire which was in the house of Zôis 3; and from that fire it fled on, on to the wife of Frâhimrvanã-zôis 4, when she brought forth that girl who became the mother of Zaratůst.'
4. Of that splendour, escaped at the same time into the earth and into the sky, the father-in-law's ignorance is declared, so that it is said by those in the village of the more instructed and invoking Zôis', as to the self-combustion which burns the fire, that fuel is not necessary for its use. 5. Then they went on to the governor (kê dò), and he explained to them concerning that same (that is, he spoke to them) thus: 'The full glory of embodied existence
* Perplexed by the repetitions, some copyist has evidently omitted this phrase by mistake.
· Pahl. anagar, a transcript of Av. anaghra which is always translated by Pahl. asar, endless. The endless light' is the abode of Agbarmazd, see Bd. I, 2.
8 Written in Pâzand.
• Also written in Pâzand. In Bd. XXXII, 10, it is stated that the name of the father of the mother of Zaratūst was Frahimrava' (or Fereâhimruvânâ in the Irânian version); but very little reliance can be placed on such Pazand readings of names originally written in Pahlavi.
Here written in Pahlavi letters which can also be read Zandih. In the text, the two preceding adjectives, farhakhtar va-k hvân, might be read Farâkht-ruvânân as the beginning of the name. But, as it stands, the text implies that Zofs, the father-in-law of his son Frâhîm-rvana's wife, was the master of the house, which is the usual oriental arrangement.
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