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he who gives the wicked Wrath, the foreigner, a beating, so that he may make him stupefied 1. 10. The development of cattle by Aûharmazd, advice to mankind as to moderate eating 2, and the grievous bridge judgment of him who has unlawfully produced distress for the cattle whom Gôs-aûrvan is kindly regarding, with loving eyes, in the spiritual existence, in bodily contact with (ham-kerpo-1) the archangels and in bodily contact with the light of the sun, so that her hands are more powerful; she who replies to the sacred beings, and the sacred beings reply to her.
II. About the statements of Aûharmazd there is this, too, that is: I am a calculator of those words " by which they assert that the existence of worldly beings is for the sake of that of both existences; I am aware of the actions which are practised by those in the material existence, both demons and men; of whatever they practise I am the decider and lord, and it is such as my will requires, even for the last change of existence; and I look upon all that with that wisdom and sagacity of mine which was, which is, and which ever will be.'
12. The formation of a reward for worldly beings by Aûharmazd, through the propitious liturgy (mânsarspend) which has become the precursor of the benefiters; that is, their high-priest, who has
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1 See Pahl. Yas. XXIX, 2 c. Ibid. 7 b. Pahl. kâmako-dôîsar Av. vouru-dôithra, an epithet of Râta, 'liberality' (see Chap. XXIV, 3), and Saoka, ' prosperity;' but here applied to Gôs-aûrvan.
• Some words in § 10 occur also in Pahl. Yas. XXIX, 3. 5 See Pahl. Yas. XXIX, 4 a. 7 Ibid. 4 C.
Ibid. 4 b. Ibid. 7 a.
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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 |