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OTHER DETAILS OF NASKS.
are denominated Gâthic, Hadha-mấthric, and Law. 3. Then the Ahunavair is apportioned into six which they call half-lines (nêm-gås); so, too, the Gâthas are into six, which are called the Ahunavaiti Gâtha, the Yasna, the Ustavaiti ? Gâtha, the Spentamainyà (Spetamato) Gatha, the Voha-khshathra Gâtha, and the Vahistôisti Gâtha; even so the Nasks are into six, as the Gâthas are into two, which are called one the Gâthic creation—which is the Yast 2—and one the rest of the Gâthic; also the Hadha-mãthric into two, one the Mãthra of the arranger—which is the Pâkino and Rado-dâdo-aîtó 3 -and one the Mãthra full of good tokens, which is the rest of the Hadha-mãthra; and also the Law into two, one the law against the demons—which is the Vendidad and one the law of Zaratūst, which is the rest of the Law. 4. Then it is apportioned into twenty-one, such as the twenty-one words (mârik) of the Ahunavair; also the Gâthas are into twenty-one, which are the Ahunavair, the praise of righteousness, the performance of the good, and from Yânim-mano unto Airyaman which, being
and the five-lined stanzas are the remaining 65 in the Ustavaiti (Yas. XLIII-XLVI); making the total of 278 stanzas mentioned in $ 5. Yas. XLII is a later supplement to the Yasna of seven hås, and, in the MSS. Pt4, Mf4, it is headed as follows:-Avar vaharako-î haft hâdo Yastổ yazisnik bûn, 'the beginning of worshipping as regards the portions of the Yasna of seven hâs.'
1 The MS. corrupts these two names into the one word asna. vato by omitting the syllables a ûsta.
The Stôd-yast, or first of the Gâthic Nasks (see Dk. VIII, Chap. I, 9).
The third and fourth of the Hadha-mãthric Nasks (ibid. 10). 4 The fifth of the Legal Nasks (ibid. 11). 5 The three sacred formulas, Yatha-ahû-vairyo, Ashem-vohû,
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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 |