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fraught with advantage, (so that it may produce true judgment). These were the three assertions, (that is, three decrees were in it,) (7) and the whole saying was a proclamation, the whole saying was that of Adharmazd.
8. Adharmazd proclaimed; (&c., as in Pahl. Yas. XIX, 56-58).
Pahl. Yas. XXI = Bakó III. The beginning of the third subdivision '. 1. A saying of the righteous Zaratūst, to be reverenced, was: “Whoever of those existing is thus in worship as regards the good?' Here what is taught by it is the worship of Adharmazd, (that it is that which one should provide for,) which is the law of Adharmazd, (that is, his virtuous law,) whereby the reverence of existence is taught, (that is, that which he would most occasion, which is the everasking for progeny by mankind; and he mentions that thing to them,) through which it is possible for them to live well. 2. Here, besides, the reverence of those males and females of the righteous, through complete devotion who was the first, is taught by it, (3) which is the obeisance for the archangels, (that is, it would occasion the propitiation of the archangels). These were the three assertions, (that is, three decrees were in it,) and it was in every way a saying to be reverenced. Unto whom was the reverence ? Unto the archangels in that worship.
4. And Adharmazd spoke thus: ‘Happy is he
. i So in Pt4, Mf4.
• The beginning of the Yênhê-hâtãm (see Dk. IX, Chap. IV, in).
• The archangel Ârmait, or Spendarmad.
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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 |