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REESE LAS RAD ILO ,
VISPARAD III. UNIVERSIT341)
- SALIFORNIA. 7 praise, and the Fshushô-mãthra, and that Toity lord, the Hadhaokhdha, holy lord(s) of the ritual order.
11. And in this Zaothra with this Baresman I desire to approach the question asked of Ahura, and the lore of the Lord (which he reveals in answer), and the farm-house of the man possessed of pastures, and the pasture produced for the Kine of blessed gift, and the holy cattle-breeding man'.
VISPARAD III. BEGINNING OF THE HAOMA OFFERING; ROLL-CALL
OF THE PRIEST. 1. (The Zaotar speaks.) (I call for) the Havanans, and would have him here.
(The Ratu answers.) I will come (and fulfil his duties).
(The Zaotar speaks.) I would have the Atarevakhsha - here.
(The Ratu answers.) I will come (and fulfil the services which fall to his charge).
(The Zaotar.) I would have the Frabaretar 6.
(The Ratu.) I will come (and fulfil the services which fall to his charge).
(The Zaotar.) I would have the Åbereto present. (The Ratu.) I will come (for him).
· Y. II, 10 follows Visparad II, 11.
* This chapter 1-5 follows Y. XI, 1-8 in the Vendîdad Sådah; so, appropriately.
• The Ratu answers for all according to the rubric printed by Westergaard, but of later origin than the text. It arose from the fact that the several offices were later united in that of the Ratu. Originally the corresponding official answered to his title. The Hâvanan was the Mobad who pounded the Haoma in the mortar. • The Mobad who fed the Fire.
The Mobad who aided the presentations. The water carrier.
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