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CHAPTER XIII, 19-XIV, 3.
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ment necessary for the world, even before the coming of Zaratūst by order of the creator ; the bringing of the word' from the sacred beings, and all occurrences to the leaders of religion at various times; and whatever is on the same subjects.
21. Perfect righteousness is excellence.
CHAPTER XIV, 1. The Spends contains particulars about the origin and combination of the material existence, guardian spirit, and soul (nisman) of Zaratust ; how the creation of each one occurred in the spiritual existence, and in what mode it was produced for the worldly existence; how their connection with the parents arose, the coming of the parents together, the combination in the mother, and the birth from the mother; and whatever is on the same subject. 2. Also about the arrival of both spirits, the good one for developing, and the evil one for destroying; the victory of the good spirit, and the rearing of Zaratast.
3. His attainment on maturity, at thirty years of age, to a conference with Adharmazd; and the
1 Reading vakhsh in the same Avesta sense as in vakhshvar, 'a prophet;' it may, however, mean "gain, fortune, gifts. A similarly-written word, vâyâ, air, breath,' is used in Sg. XIII, 7 to translate the Spirit' of God in Gen. i. 2.
* Corresponding to the thirteenth word, angheus, in the Ahunavair, according to B. P. Riv.; and it is the thirteenth Nask in all Rivåyats. Spend means 'beneficent, or bounteous,' and is written Sfend, or Spentah, in the Rivâyats, which also state that it contained sixty kardah, or subdivisions.
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| SR No. | 007682 |
| Book Title | Questions of King Milinda Part 02 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | T W Rhys Davids |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1894 |
| Total Pages | 2240 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 38 MB |