Saddharma Pundarika

SR No.: 007677
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

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YASTS AND SİRÔZAHS.
XVI. DIN YAST.
Din (Daêna) presides over the 24th day of the month (Sîrôzah 24) and gives it her name; she is invoked in company with Kista, and in fact this Yast, though it bears the name of Daêna, is consecrated to Kista ($$ 2, 7). These two Genii are, however, very closely connected in their nature, as Daệna is the impersonation of the Zoroastrian Law or Religion, and Kista is religious knowledge, the knowledge of what leads to bliss (fargânak, nirvânagñana ; the same as Kisti).
The description of Kista is rather pallid, and does not rise above abstractions (see, however, Mihir Yast, $ 126). She was not worshipped by the old epic heroes as Anâhita was, but by Zarathustra and his wife, because she must have been, from her very name and nature, a goddess of Zoroastrian origin and growth.
o. May Ahura Mazda be rejoiced ! ... Ashem Vohû: Holiness is the best of all good ....
I confess myself a worshipper of Mazda, a follower of Zarathustra, one who hates the Daêvas and obeys the laws of Ahura;
For sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification unto [Hávani], the holy and master of holiness ....
To the most right Kista, made by Mazda and holy, and to the good Law of the worshippers of Mazda,
Be propitiation from me, for sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification.
Yathâ ahū vairyô: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness....
1. We sacrifice to the most right Kista, made by Mazda and holy: we sacrifice to the good Law of the worshippers of Mazda, the supplier of good
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