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YASTS AND SÎRÔZAHS.
Lawl: he himself was taught it by Ahura Mazda, the holy One.
For his brightness and glory, for his strength and victorious power ....
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15. Yathâ ahů vairyô: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness....
We sacrifice unto the holy, tall-formed, fiend-smiting Sraosha, who makes the world increase, the holy and master of holiness;
Whom the holy Ahura Mazda has created to withstand Aêshma, the fiend of the wounding spear; . we sacrifice unto Peace, whose breath is friendly, and unto the two withstanders of sin and guilt,
16. The friends of the holy Sraosha; The friends of Rashnu Razista 3;
The friends of the good Law of the worshippers of Mazda ;
The friends of Arstât“, who makes the world grow, who makes the world increase, who makes the world prosper;
The friends of Ashi Vanguhi"; The friends of the good Kisti e; The friends of the most right Kista?;
1 He teaches the law to the three saviours to come, Oshêdar Bâmî, Oshedar Mâh, and Soshyôs (Yasna LVII, 24 [LVI, 10, 2]; Phl. tr.).
? Parestaska mravaydoska, to be corrected, according to various readings, into staretaska mavaydoska or something like it; the two genii here alluded to are Anästareta and Amuyamna, Sinlessness and Innocence, who are invoked in company with Akhsti hamvaiñti in Vispêrad VIII, 4. $ See Yt. XII.
• See Yt. XVII. " See Vend. XIX, 39.
6 See ibid. * See Yt. XVI, 1.
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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 |