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YASTS AND SİRÔZAHS.
We worship the Fravashi of the holy Avâraostri?
104. We worship the Fravashi of the holy Huskyaothna, the son of Frashaostra ;
We worship the Fravashi of the holy Hvâdaêna, the son of Frashaostra.
We worship the Fravashi of the holy Hanghaurvaungh, the son of Gâmâspa 2;.
We worship the Fravashi of the holy Vareshna, the son of Hanghaurvaungh.
We worship the Fravashi of the holy Vohunemah, the son of Avâraostri,
To withstand evil dreams, to withstand evil visions, to withstand evil ...., to withstand the evil Pairikas.
105. We worship the Fravashi of the holy Mathravaka, the son of Simaêzi, the Aethrapati, the Hamidhpati4, who was able to smite down most of the evil, unfaithful Ashemaoghas, that shout the hymns 5, and acknowledge no lord and no master, the dreadful ones whose Fravashis are to be broken"; to withstand the evil done by the faithful 8.
1 Another brother to Frashaostra (?).
3 The son of Gâmâsp in the Shâh Nâmah is called Girâmi and Garâmik-kard in the Yâdkâr-i Zarîrân.
8? Aoiwra.
* Aethrapati, in Parsi hêrbad, a priest,' whose special function is to teach ; his pupils were called aêthrya. Aêthrapati meant literally the master of the hearth' (cf. hêrkodah, fire-temple). Hamidhpati is literally the master of the sacrificial log.'
o Doubtful. & No temporal lord (ahu) and no spiritual master (ratu).
Doubtful (avaskasta-fravashinām). & The evil done by Zoroastrians. This Máthravâka (Proclaimer
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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 |