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ÂBẢN YAST.
dhâkhsti!, and Ashavazdah and Thrita, the sons of Sâyuzdri', offer up a sacrifice, with a hundred horses, a thousand oxen, ten thousand lambs, by Apãm Napât, the tall lord, the lord of the females, the bright and swift-horsed .
73. 'They begged of her a boon, saying: “Grant us this, O good, most beneficent Ardvi Sara Anâhita ! that we may overcome the assemblers of the Turanian Dânus“, Kara Asabana 5, and Vara Asabana, and the most mighty Duraêkaêta, in the battles of this world.
74. 'Ardvi Sara Anâhita granted them that boon, as they were offering up libations, giving gifts, sacrificing, and entreating that she would grant them that boon.
*For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice ....
XIX. 75. Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathustra ! unto this spring of mine, Ardvi Sûra Anâhita ....
76. Vistauru, the son of Naotara", worshipped
1 Cf. Yt. XIII, 112. Ashavazdah, the son of Pourudhâkhsti, is one of the immortals who will come forth to help Saoshyant in the final struggle (Bundahis XXIX, 6; Yt. XIX, 95). ? Cf. Yt. XIII, 113.
Cf. above, p. 6, note 1. * A Turanian tribe, Yt. XIII, 37–38.
* A sabana is very likely an epithet; possibly, 'who kills with a stone' (asan-ban); the sling was, as it seems, the favourite weapon of the Dânus (Yt. XIII,
o This section is the only fragment left of the legend of Ashavazdah, which must have been an important one, since Ashavazdah is one of the immortals (Yt. XIX, 95).
? Cf. Yt. XIII, 102. Vistauru, being the son of Naotara, is the brother of Tusa, which identifies him with the Gustahm (mind) in the Shâh Nâmah: Nôdar had two sons, Tus and Gustahm...
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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 |