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priest's efficiency; and they have been suitable for leadership and priestly authority with whom there is an existence of it; also other talent through which sovereignty and priestly authority are appropriated, and which the ruler or high-priest himself possesses.
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2. My wish (dôsh), O Zaratust! is that thou be in spiritual lordship and priestly authority, because thou art, O Zaratust! provided with a spiritual lord and possessing priestly instruction-that is, they consider thee, too, as high-priest-and it is because thine is the accomplishment of rites, that thou art quite preserved when there is an encounter of the demons with thee-that is, a dispute of apostates with thee.' 3. It is non-possession of a ruler and high-priest, or non-possession of a ruler', that became the nature and law of the demons; and the maintenance of Aûharmazd and the archangels, as ruler and high-priest, and the dominion of Aûharmazd are combined with beneficence.
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4. This, too, that through righteousness a priestly instructor (rado) is a ruler at will, a sage and benefactor, a cherisher and cleanser (âsnidâr) of the poor; also the fitness for the supreme heaven (garôdmânikih) of all those who are accepting the religion which proceeds from Zaratust.
5. Of righteousness the excellence is perfect.
CHAPTER XXVI.
Varstmânsar Nask.
1. The third fargard, Ashem-vohû, is about
1 K omits these five words, and B has a blank space for the letters khad in khudâî, 'ruler.'
* See Chap. III, I n.
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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 |