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gently, and seizing him, thereby removed him with her right hand aloft as he sat 1.'
13. One marvel is this which is declared, that Pôrashâspô came a second timę (idano) to that Karap also about the oxen not trampling on Zaratûst, and asked anew about the mode of putting Zaratūst to death; then to ensconce Zaratûst near a drinking-pool (avkhûr) in the domain (gệhân), and to drive many horses to that drinking-pool, so that he may be trampled on by the hoofs of the horses, were the substituted” remedy that Karap proposed; and Pộrûshâspô acted accordingly. 14. And here is manifested a great wonder to the multitude, just as revelation mentions thus: 'That horse walked on which had become fully-hoofed (that is, its hoofs were very thick); it is yellow-eared and it walks before that one (before the leading horse), and it hastens before that other (that is, it stood up before Zaratûst), and was the first that walked on thither, and the last that walked away; on rushed at dawn that son-loving mother, forth to him she came intelligently, and seizing him, thereby removed him with her right hand aloft as he sat ?.'
15. One marvel is this which is declared, that Pôrûshâspô came again to that Karap, spoke also about the horses, too, not trampling on Zaratust, and asked anew as to what may be the mode of putting
* Compare Zs. XVI, 5.
* Possibly 'supplementary' or 'gratuitous. The word is nirmato which, as a noun, means the gratuity or honorarium paid to a priest for acting as a substitute for another. Its etymology is obscure, unless it be an abbreviation of nîrûmandi, strength,' used in the legal sense of refresher.'
• Compare Zs. XVI, 6.
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| SR No. | 007672 |
| Book Title | Zend Avesta Part 02 |
| 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 |