Book Title: Zend Avesta Part 03
Author(s): L H Mills
Publisher: Oxford

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________________ II, 3, 5. FORMATION OF QUALITIES. 85 Of course there would.' Just so, great king, there is no Confection which has sprung into being without a gradual becoming. It is by a process of evolution that Confections come to be!' Give me a further illustration.' Suppose, O king, there were no fire-stick apparatus ', no twirling-stick !, and no cord for the twirling-stick, and no matrix ?, and no burnt rag for tinder, and no human effort and exertion, could there be fire by attrition ?' Certainly not.' *But if all these conditions were present, then might not fire appear?' Yes, certainly.' [54] . Just so, great king, there is no Confection which has sprung into being without a gradual becoming. It is by a process of evolution that Confections come to be!' "Give me one more illustration.' Suppose, O king, there were no burning glass, and no heat of the sun, and no dried cow-dung for tinder, could there be fire?' Certainly not. "But where these things are present there fire might be struck, might it not ?' Yes.' Just so, great king, there is no Confection which · Arani, arani-potako, and uttarârani. The exact differentiation of these parts of the fire-stick apparatus is uncertain. The Sinhalese throws no real light on them, as it translates them respectively yata lîya, 'under wood,' matu liya, 'upper wood,' and uturu liya, also upper wood.' This method of ignition was probably quite as strange to Hînali-kumburê as it is to us. Diglized by Google

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