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YASTS AND SÎRÔZAHS.
*Yênhê hâtãm: All those beings of whom Ahura Mazda ....
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4. "We sacrifice unto Tistrya, the bright and glorious star, who is the seed of the waters, powerful, tall, and strong, whose light goes afar; powerful and highlyl working, through whom the brightness and the seed of the waters come from the high Apãm Napât?,
*For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth being heard...
III. 5. 'We sacrifice unto Tistrya, the bright and glorious star; for whom long : flocks and herds and men, looking forward for him and deceived in their hope 4: “When shall we see him rise up, the bright and glorious star Tistrya ? When will the springs run with waves as thick as a horse's size and still thicker? Or will they never come ?"
For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth being heard ....
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6. 'We sacrifice unto Tistrya, the bright and glorious star.; who flies, towards the sea Vouru-Kasha", as swiftly as the arrow darted through the heavenly
1 Powerfully
? Or, 'through whom the beauty of the waters comes from Bereza, and their seed from Apãm Napât. Bereza, the high, the tall, an epithet of Apăm Napât, became one of his names (Ized Bôrg ; cf. § 34); for Apãm Napât, see above, p. 6, note 1.
8 Paitismarenti; cf. Yt. V, 123. • Or better, 'in their looking.' 5 See above, p. 54, note 6,
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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 |