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.
world; Vohůvasto, son of Snde 1, from the countries of those of the religion, in the post of Havanân”; Isvand, son of Varáz, from the countries of Turan, in the post of Âtarevakhsh ; Sênô, son of Humstàv, from the countries of the Sênâns, in the post of Frabardâr ; and Vistâsp, who was from the sons of Nôdar“, in the post of Srôshâvarz. 6. About the power and triumph which that ceremonial becomes, even through the all-brilliance of the immortal renovation of the whole creation in that existence.
7. This, too, that the evil spirito.
1 This and the two following persons are the Vohvasti son of Snaoya, Isvad son of Varâza, and Saêna son of Aham-stůd, of Yt. XIII, 96, 97.
In the great ceremonies of ancient times the Havanan appears to have been the priest who attended to the Hôm-mortar, and his position was near the north-west corner of the ceremonial area; the Âtarevakhsh was the priest who fed the fire, and his position was near the south-west corner; the Frabardâr was the priest who brought the necessary utensils, and his position was near the northeast corner; and the Srôshavar's was the priest who kept general order, his position being at the south end, facing the Zoti at the north end. Besides these five priests, mentioned in our text, there were three others enumerated in Visp. III, 1; Vend. V, 58, VII, 17, 18, the water-bringer near the south-east corner, the washer on the west side, and the cleanser on the east side. In modern times the Zoti retains his ancient duties of chief priest, while the Råspî (Bk. VIII, Chap. VII, 5, 9) combines the duties of the seven others, being called by the Zoti (in Visp. III, 1) to take the place of each of them in succession.
: Av. Saininãm of Yt. XIII, 144, probably the people about Samarkand (see Bd. XII, 13 n, XV, 29).
• See Yt. V, 98.
• One folio of B is here lost, containing the end of this chapter and the beginning of the next. The passage missing was equivalent to about 100 lines of this translation, of which perhaps onefourth belonged to this chapter and three-fourths to the next..
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