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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PERSIAN RIVAYATS.
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IV. FROM THE RivÂYAT OF DASTÚR Barzo
QIYÂMU-D-DÎN 1 1. The reply about the Nasks of the Avesta. The Yathâ-ahd-vairyô is of twenty-one words, and the Avesta is similarly of twenty-one Nasks.
2. The name of the first Nask is Stôd-yast, and that book is of thirty-three compilations, that is, it is of thirty-three subdivisions, and the description of the Lord and the angels is in it.
3. The name of the second Nask is Stadgar, and that is of twenty-two subdivisions; its description is about prayer, virtuous authority, and intercession.
4. The third Nask is the Vahist-mânthrah, and that is of twenty-two subdivisions about faith and heedfulness; and one is reminded [&c., very nearly the same as in II, 31
5. The fourth Nask is the Bagh, and that is of twenty-one subdivisions ; its explanation is about the religion and its intention, and whatever the Lord has made incumbent on mankind as to devotion and heedfulness; also about closing the path of Satan to oneself, and approaching the last abode.
6. The name of the fifth book is Dvâzda hhâmâst, and that is of thirty-two subdivisions in remembrance of the beginning [&c., very nearly the same as in II, 5).
7. The name of the sixth Nask is Nadar, and that is of thirty-five compilations about the stars
This Dastûr appears to have been one of several residing at Nausârî A.D. 1614-1646; his father's name is more usually written Qavâmu-d-dîn, and his account of the Nasks closely resembles that of Kâmah Bahrah.
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