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FARVARDÎN YAST.
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We worship the piety and Fravashi of Maidhyômaungha, the son of Arâsti ?, who first listened unto the word and teaching of Zarathustra.
XXV. 96. We worship the Fravashi of the holy Asmôhvanvant 2;
We worship the Fravashi of the holy Asanhvanvant.
We worship the Fravashi of the holy Gavayan.
We worship the Fravashi of the holy Parshatgaus, the son of Frâta ;
We worship the Fravashi of the holy Vohvasti, the son of Snaoya;
We worship the Fravashi of the holy Isvat, the son of Varâza.
97. We worship the Fravashi of the holy Saêna, the son of Ahûm-stutt, who first appeared upon this earth with a hundred pupils 6.
We worship the Fravashi of the holy Fradhidaya.
We worship the Fravashi of the holy Usmânara, the son of Paêshata.
1 Maidhyô-maungha was the cousin and first disciple of Zarathustra ; Zarathustra's father, Pourushaspa, and Ârâsti were brothers (Bund. XXXII, 3); cf. Yasna LI [L], 19.
? Cf. p. 33, note 2; Yt. XXII, 37. 8 Another Parsal-gaus is mentioned § 126.
• Possibly, the holy falcon, praiser of the lord;' thus the Law was brought to the Var of Yima by the bird Karsipta (Vend. II, 42), who recites the Avesta in the language of birds (Bund. XIX, 16): the Saêna-bird (Sîmurgh) became in later literature a mythical incarnation of Supreme wisdom (see the Mantik uttair and Dabistân 1, 55).
o Who was the first regular teacher, the first aêthrapaiti.
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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 |