Zend Avesta Part 03

SR No.: 007673
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: L H Mills
Publisher: Oxford
Publication Year: 1887
Total Pages: 2618
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 49 MB

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ÅFRÎN(-AGÂN] 111.
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holy Gâthas which rule in the ritual order. (Propitiation and praise be) to the Gåtha Ahunavaiti, and to the Gatha Ustavaiti, to the Gatha Spentâ-mainyu, and to the Gâtha Vohu-khshathra, and to the Gåtha Vahistôisti. 2. Propitiation to the Fravashis of the saints, the mighty, overwhelming, even to those of the saints of yore, who held the primeval faith (the Gâthic faith), and to those of the next of kin.
3. We sacrifice to Ahura Mazda, the resplendent, the glorious; and we sacrifice to the Amesha Spenta who rule aright, and who dispose (of all aright). And we sacrifice to the bounteous and holy Gathas, which rule (as the first) in the ritual order.
We sacrifice to the Gatha Ahunavaiti, the holy, as it rules in the ritual order; and we sacrifice to the Gâtha Ustavaiti, the holy, as it rules in the ritual order; and we sacrifice to the Gâtha Spentâ-mainyu, the holy, as it rules in the ritual order; and we sacrifice to the Gatha Vohu-khshathra, the holy, as it rules in the ritual order; and we sacrifice to the Gâtha Vahistôisti, the holy, as it rules in the ritual order. 4= Yt. XIII, 49–521,
III. AFRÎNC-AGÅN]? RAPITHVIN. 1. I confess myself a Mazda-worshipper, of Zarathustra's order, a foe to the Daêvas, devoted to the lore of the Lord, for Rapithwina, the holy lord of the ritual order, for sacrifice, homage, propitiation, and praise, and for Frâdat-fshu S and Zantuma“,
Verses 5, 6=Â. I, 14–18; for verse 6, see verses 1, 2; also see À. I, 19.
? To be recited on the third day (Ardibahist) of the first month (Fravardin).
A genius who furthered cattle. • The genius of the Zantu, presiding over this Gah Rapithvin.
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