Questions of King Milinda Part 02

SR No.: 007682
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

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DINKARD, BOOK IX.
‘Adharmazd and Aharman have been two brothers in one womb, and out of them the archangel 2 liked that which is evil ", through what occurs when the understanders of it have mentioned the worship of the demons and this, that, after it, you should present cattle to the planetary bodies and the demons.' 5. About the falsity of the demon Aresh, the separate origin of light and darkness, the goodness of the material existence of light for determining what is done, and the evil of that of darkness.
6. The grumbling of the evil spirit thus : 'I am he whose thoughts are evil, O beneficent spirit! he whose words are evil, and he whose deeds are evilo; what is dark is my garment which is very thick, with lower corners where, so far as many go, it is still darker 6; evil thoughts, evil words, and evil deeds are my food, and I love those of them who are in that place through evil thoughts, evil words, and evil deeds. 7. And the speaking of Adharmazd thus: 'I am he whose thoughts are good, O evil spirit! he whose words are good, and he whose deeds are good e; the sky is my garment, which was first produced from that substance of the worldly existences which is created as the stone above all stones ?, that is, every jewel is set in it; good thoughts, good words, and good deeds are my food, and I love those of them who are in that place
See Pahl. Yas. XXX, 3 a. This materialization of the Gâthic text, here reported as the utterance of a malicious demon, corresponds very closely with the statement of the Armenian Eznik quoted in Haug's Essays, p. 13.
? That is, the arch-demon who was archangel of the demons. s See Pahl. Yas. XXX, 5 a. • Ibid. 3 b. 5 Referring to hell. • See Pahl. Yas. XXX, 3 b.
? Ibid. 5 b.
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