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62
YASTS AND SÎRÔZAHS.
that demon, baleful to the world, the strongest Drug that Angra Mainyu created against the material world, to destroy the world of the good principle ?; and that I may deliver his two wives, Savanghavâk and Erenavâk?, who are the fairest of body amongst women, and the most wonderful creatures in the world 3.”
35. 'Ardvi Sara Anâhita granted him that boon, as he was offering libations, giving gifts, sacrificing, and entreating that she would grant him that boon,
*For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice ....
36. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathustra ! unto Ardvi Sära Anâhita ....
37. "To her did Keresâspa 4, the manly-hearted, offer up a sacrifice behind the Vairi Pisanah”, with a
1 Cf. Yt. XIX, 37.
? The two daughters of Yima, who had been ravished by Azi: they are called in the Shâh Namah Shahrinâz and Arnavâz (see Études Iraniennes, II, 213, Savanghavâk et Erenavâk). Thraêtaona delivered them, and then married them; he had a son, Airyu, from Arnavâz, and two sons from Shahrinâz, Tura and Sairima; Airyu, Tura, and Sairima became the kings of Irân, Tûrân, and Rûm. .
8 Cf. Yt. IX, 14; XV, 24; XVII, 34.
• Keresâspa (Garshâsp), one of the greatest heroes in the Avestean romance, although Firdausi has all but passed him over in silence. See his feats, Yt. XIX, 38 seq.; cf. Yt. V, 27 seq. ; Yasna IX, 10 (29); Vend. I, 10 (36).
6 The Pisin valley, south of Cabool. It was in the land of Cabool that the Keresâspa legend had its rise, or at least it was localised there. It is in the plain near the Pisîn valley that Keresâspa lies asleep, till the end of the world comes (see Yt XIII, 61, note).
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| SR No. | 007677 |
| Book Title | Saddharma Pundarika |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | H Kern |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1884 |
| Total Pages | 2546 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 46 MB |