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rise up), because as a bodily creature and as a living creature he will stand against the destruction of the bodily creatures, to withstand the Drug of the twofooted brood, to withstand the evil done by the faithful 1.
XXIX. 130. We worship the Fravashi of the holy Yima?, the son of Vivanghant; the valiant Yima, who had flocks at his wisho; to stand against the oppression caused by the Daêvas, against the drought that destroys pastures, and against death that creeps unseen
131. We worship the Fravashi of the holy Thraêtaona, of the Athwya house"; to stand against itch, hot fever, humours, cold fever, and incontinency, to stand against the evil done by the Serpent?
We worship the Fravashi of the holy Aoshnara, the son of Pouru-gira 8.
We worship the Fravashi of the holy Uzava, the son of Tamâspao
1 He will suppress both the destructive power of the men of the Drug (idolaters and the like) and the errors of Mazdayasnians (?).
* See above, p. 25, note 4. & Vouru-văthwa; cf. Études Iraniennes, II, 182. • As he made waters and trees undrying, cattle and men undying. * See above, p. 61, note 1. & As the inventor of medicine; see Vend. XX, Introd. ? Disease, being a poison, comes from the Serpent ; see ibid.
• Or · Aoshnara, full of wisdom ;' cf. Yt. XXIII, 2, and West, Pahlavi Texts, II, 171, note 3.
. Called in the Shâh Namah Zab, son of Tahmâsp, who appears to have been a son of Nodar (Bund. XXXI, 23).
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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 |