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7, 59 sq.; Varuna is the king of W., to the gods, 44, 321 1. ; expiatory 8, 346; see also Varuna (a); copula- oblation to the W. which are a tion between the w. (female) and place of abode for all the gods, 44, fire (male), 12, 9 sq.; the deities 506; have furthered Agni, 46, 119; that are in the w., 12, 214 n.; the daughters of Heaven, 46,219 sq.; world of the w., 25, 157 ; expia the W., the immortal goddesses, tory prayer to the W., 25, 272, have sped forward by Rita, 46, 326; 272 n.; the celestial cows, 26, horse produced from the ws., see xvii, xx sq.; the mothers, 26, 8; Horse ; w. libations to gods, &c., the W. slew Vritra, 26, 2.42 sq., at the Tarpana, see Sacrifices (b); 247; are immortal goddesses, the the Zoroastrian should worship the wives of the immortal Soma, 26, good W., 4, 195; sacrifice to the 243; Soma made over to the W. good W., 4, 207, 335, 337, 349; 5, for protection, 26, 384; with Varuna, 337; Zarathustra sacrifices to the invoked in danger, 29, 232; invoked good W. of the good Dâitya, 4, to watch over mother and child, 29, 210; the W. which Ahura Mazda 296; 30, 214; the initiated boy made, invoked and worshipped, 4, given in charge to the W., 30, 154; 221; 23, 6, 12, 20, 36, 38, 199, 227, 44,87 ; the supporters of the whole 249, 251-8, 316, 344, 356 sq. ; 31, world, 30, 226; the great W. held 197, 2004, 208 sq., 215, 219, 223 sq., the germ Hiranyagarbha, 32, 2, 10; 256, 270 sq., 274 sq., 296 sq., 316-24, the Lord of the W.invoked at the 326, 350, 383 sq., 392; joint invo. ordeal by w., 33, 114; the mothers cations to the W. and the light of of Agni, 41, 294 ; 43, xx; 46, 145, sun, moon, and stars, 4, 230-4, 157 sq., 219 sq., 256; 49 (i), 45; 232 n.; the seed of W. in the stars, ws. are the truth, 41, 363 ; self-rule 4, 234, 2341). ; prayers to the Good belongs to the ws., 41, 364; the W., 4, 250; 23, 8, 16, 330, 349, deepest place of the heavenly w. is 356 sq.; libations brought to the where the sun burns, 41, 391; the W., 4, 349 ; Aharman's contest Apasyâh or water-bricks of the with the W.,5,17,168-73; attacked fire-altar put on with prayers re- by the Evil Spirit, protected by lating to the W., 41, 413-17; the Tîstar, 5, 25-9; duties with regard healing W. invoked, 42, 12 sq., 15, to w. and plants, the counterparts 48, 471; plants the offspring of the of Horvadad and Amerôdad, 5, 373, V., 42, 42; the golden-coloured 377 sq. ; ceremony in honour of W., 42, 147, 349; the divine W., the w., 18, 232; the w. is female and Pragâpati, 42, 161; as divine and fire male, 18, 267, 267 r.., 410; women, 42, 181-3; Agni and the 23, 6 n.; worshipped in the shape w. in the house, 42, 195 sq., 600; of a horse, 23, 39; the Abân Yast Agni, Surya, the W., and all the in praise of the V., 23, 52-84; gods, 42, 205; divine physicians, purified by the Sun, 23, 86; wor42, 389; Apya yoshanî, the woman shipped in connexion with Tistrya, of the w., 42, 409, 521; Pragâpati 23, 93; Fravashi of the W. woris the ws., for they are in the shipped, 23, 200; W. or rivers, the highest place, 43, 37; deity and wives of Ahura; 23, 353, 353 n.; brick of fire-altar, 43,91; as Apsaras, the wives of Ahura Mazda, and the mates of Vâta (Wind), 43, 232; mothers of life, 31, 286 sq.; Ahuradeity of defective metres, 43, 331; Mazda gave names to the W., 31, Vaisvânara as W., 43, 395; are the 287; reverenced by a traveller, 37, law, 44, 18; worshipped as deities 120; ceremonial of the lord of at a sacrificial session, 44, 142; are females, the descendant of W., and all the deities, 44, 252; oath by the of W., 37, 184; W. and Plants, Inviolable W., 44, 265; W. and worshipped, see Plants (6) ;-seas, Plants invoked, 44, 266, 438, 501; rivers, lakes, &c., worshipped in winworshipped at the Asvamedha, 44, ter, 27, 303 sq., 304 n.; sacrifice to 280; divine W. carry the sacrifice the W. (rivers and seas), 28, 91.
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