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OTHER DETAILS OF NASKS.
word, and deed, and the statements of the good spirit, the liturgical ceremonial of the sacred beings with purity.
29. 'We also call, each of those called by us, a priest of Adharmazd, whose perception of the spiritual existence is manifested unto us; and our wide resources, the perception of the spiritual existence and the example of the worldly one, are likewise indications of both natures that are complete. 30. And we invite (bavihûnêm) those invited', even with that excellence and efficiency which are due to them, on account of which the sacred beings are predominantly over Irân; the country of Irân having proceeded onwards through instruction from the Mazda-worshipping religion which the ancients celebrated. 31. The knowledge of the sociable ceremonial (ham-yazisnih)-for which, indeed, those of the intelligent of disunited Khvaniras are not in a dispute of antagonism-is, in that way, mostly the sonorous (aêvâzik) Avesta, in the pure statement of the writing adornable by memoranda of particulars ; and even the simple wordless (avâkik) mode is maintained in the announcement of the statement.
32. 'Even then all the domestic (khâ nik) knowledge of the Mazda-worshipping religion is really on this account, which is understood by us, that, when all are intellectual (vir-hômônd), and the proper consideration of a stranger (bigânako) is owing to the world of the Mazda-worshipping religion, they arrive at this place. 33. But through the new possession and proper consideration of the stranger, owing to the Mazda-worshipping religion, they are
1 As in Yas, II.
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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 |