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SELECTIONS OF ZÂD-SPARAM.
brotherhood of five-of which the middle one was Brâd-rêsh the Tūr, who became more of an adversary of Zaratûst—was a semblance of the brotherhood of five who were sons of Pôrůshaspô, of whom the middle one was Zaratůst.
5. Of the four brothers of Zaratust, the names of the two before Zaratûst were Ratůstar and Rangůstar, and of the two after him Nodarigâ and Nivêdis ?. 6. The middle position of Zaratůst is for the reason that he is so produced at that time, as an intermedium of the early narrators and the later narrators, that three millenniums came before him and three after. 7. So that he has prescribed to the creatures in what manner he would teach the ancients as to what had occurred, and in what manner it is also to be done as regards what will occur; as is stated in the Gâthas 2 thus : 'Both those I ask of thee, O Adharmazd! even whatever has happened till now, and whatever shall happen henceforth ?'
CHAPTER XVI. 1. About the trials (a û zmayisno) which occurred
has to be guessed so as to give a probable meaning to the Pahlavi spelling. The writing of the last name is complicated; it is written 10and in the two MS. authorities, which forms can be most obviously read Vasam and Saman, but Saman can also be read as the Zvâris yadd=dast, a hand;' this leads to the conclusion that the original name underlies the form Vadast, and this is confirmed by the name of the Karap Vaêdvộist written at full length in Dk. VII, iv, 21-24. See ibid. ii, 9 n.
1 These brothers seem unmentioned elsewhere, and the existence of the elder two would imply another mother. The pronunciation of the names is guessed.
2 Pahl. Yas. XXXI, 14 a.
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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 |