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YASTS AND SÎRÔZAHS.
united the Aryan nations into one kingdom", offer up a sacrifice behind the Kaêkasta lake 2, the deep lake, of salt waters 3, with a hundred male horses, a thousand oxen, ten thousand lambs.
50. 'He begged of her a boon, saying: “Grant me this, O good, most beneficent Ardvi Sura Anâhita ! that I may become the sovereign lord of all countries, of Daêvas and men, of the Yâtus and Pairikas, of the oppressors, the blind and the deaf; and that I may have the lead in front of all the teams 4 and that he may not pass through the forest , he, the murderer", who now is fiercely 8 striving against me on horseback 10."
51. 'Ardvi Sûra 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 ....
XIV. 52. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathustral unto this spring of mine, Ardvi Sûra Anâhita ....
53. To her did the valiant warrior Tusa 11 offer
1 Doubtful.
* A lake in Adarbaigân, with salt water: fish cannot live in it (Bundahis XXII, 2). It is the same as Lake Urumiah. Its name is miswritten in Firdausi (Khangast for Kêgast, Campis for
s Doubtful; see Études Iraniennes, II, uruyâpa, p. 179. • In pursuing his adversary. Doubtful (cf. Yt. XV, 32). • The White Forest (ibid.). ? Aurvasara (ibid.). 8 Doubtful.
Trying to flee and escape. 10 Possibly, 'vieing in horses' (for the swiftness of the race): cf. Yt. XIX, 77.
11 Tusa, in the Shâh Nâmah Tus; one of the most celebrated Pahlavans of Kai Khosrav; he was the son of king Naotara (Nôdar).
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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 |