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NYÂYIS.
A Nyâyis is properly a begging prayer, as opposed to Sitâyis, a prayer of praise. It is a term particularly applied to five prayers addressed to the Sun, to Mithra, to the Moon, to Waters, and to Fire. Every layman over eight years old is bound to recite the Nyâyis: he recites it standing and girded with his Kôstî.
The Sun Nyâyis is recited three times a day, at the rising of the sun (Gâh Hâvan), at noon (Gâh Rapitvin), and at three o'clock in the afternoon (Gâh Uziren). The Mithra Nyâyis is recited with the Sun Nyâyis, as Mithra follows the sun in its course (see Yt. X, 13).
The Moon Nyâyis is recited three times a month : first, at the time when it begins to be seen; second, when it is at the full; third, when it is on the wane.
The Waters Nyâyis and the Fire Nyâyis are recited every day, when one finds oneself in the proximity of those elements. The Fire Nyâyis is recited with the Penôm on (see Vend. p. 168, 7).
The first four Nyâyis must be recited especially on the days over which the Izads invoked preside ; that is to say, on the Khôrshed, Mihir, Mâh, and âbân days (the eleventh, sixteenth, twelfth, and tenth days of the month).
I. KHỐRSHED NYÂYIS. 1. [Hail unto the Sun, the swift-horsed! May Ahura Mazda be rejoiced ?!] ,
1 Anquetil, Zend-Avesta II, pp. 6, 22, 565–566. 2 This clause is wanting in most manuscripts.
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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 |