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pastures, even to the roots of the plants, that they may grow with a powerful growth?"
TIR YAST.
'For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth being heard....
XII.
43. 'We sacrifice unto Tistrya, the bright and glorious star, who washes away all things of fear 1, who stunts the growth of all.... 2, and brings health to all these creations, being most beneficent, when he has been worshipped with a sacrifice and propitiated, rejoiced, and satisfied.
'For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth being heard....
XIII.
44. I will sacrifice unto Tistrya, the bright and glorious star, whom Ahura Mazda has established as a lord and overseer above all stars, in the same way as he has established Zarathustra above men; whom neither Angra Mainyu, nor the Yâtus and the Pairikas, nor the men Yâtus can deliver unto death, nor can all the Daêvas together prevail for his death.
'For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth being heard
1 Simau, meaning sahmgûn, bhayamkara (Yasna IX, 38 [93]).
2 ? Vazdris.
In the Bundahis it is especially the leader of the eastern stars; but the Minokhired calls it the first star (XLIX, 5; cf. above, §12). 4 See above, p. 38, note 3.
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