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that belongs to the Aryan people, to those born and to those not yet born, and to the holy Zarathustra.”
43. 'Ardvi Sûra Anâhita did not grant him that boon.
'For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice ...,
XII. 44. Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathustra ! unto this spring of mine, Ardvi Sûra Anâhita ....
45. 'To her did the great, most wise Kavi Usa? offer up a sacrifice from Mount Erezifya?, with a hundred male horses, a thousand oxen, ten thousand lambs.
46. 'He begged of her a boon, saying: "Grant me, this, O good, most beneficent Ardvi Sûra Anåhita ! that I may become the sovereign lord of all countries, of the Daêvas and men, of the Yâtus and Pairikas, of the oppressors, the blind and the deaf.”
47. '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 ....
XIII.
48. Offer up a sacrifice, Spitama Zarathustra! unto this spring of mine, Ardvi Sûra Anåhta ....
49. "To her did the gallant Husravah, he who
"Kavi Usa (Kai Kaus), the son of Kavi Kavâta (Kai Kobad) and the father of Syâvakhsh (see p. 64, note 1), was the second king of the Kayanian dynasty.
2 Mount Erezifya has been supposed to be the same as the Sariphi Montes in Ptolemaeus, which stretch between Margiana and Ariana (Burnouf, Commentaire sur le Yasna, p. 436).
• Kai Khosrav; cf. p. 64, notes i and 2.
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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 |