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1[20. The demon Ak&t4sh ® is the fiend of perversion (nikirayth), who makes the creatures averse (niktr4t) from proper things; as it says, that whoever has given anything to that person (tanf) whose opinion (d4@) is this, that it is not necessary to have a high-priest (dastébar), then the demon Aeshm is propitiated by him. 21. Whoever has given anything to that person whose opinion is this, and who says, that it is not necessary to have a snake-killer (m4r-van), then Aharman, with the foregoing demons, is propitiated by him; this is said of him who, when he sees a noxious creature, does not kill 24. 22. A snake-killer (m4ré-gn6)é® is a stick on the end of which a leathern chong is 1 TD has ‘those three nights,’ referring to the period that the soul is said to remain hovering about the body after death (see H4dékht Nask, ed. Haug, II, 1-18, III, 1-17). * Soin K20; TD has Afidak (see Pahl.Vend. XVIII, 70). °> TD has merely ‘strikes a slipper (padin-pdésh) spiritually,’ that is, invisibly, for the purpose of startling the man. * The short phrases in brackets are taken from TD to supply words torn off from K2o, which passes on to Chap. XXIX at this point, but TD supplies a continuation of Chap. XXVIII, which is added here, and enclosed in brackets. 5 The Av. Akatasha of Vend. X, 23 Sp., XIX, 43 W. * See Pahlavi Vend. XVIII, 5, 6. IIo BUNDAHIS. provided ; and it is declared that every one of the good religion must possess one, that they may strike and kill noxious creatures avd sinners more meritoriously with it. 23. Zarm4n?! is the demon who makes decrepit (dispad), whom they call old age (pirth). 24. Xishmak? is he who makes disastrous (vazandak), and also causes the whirlwind*® wzch passes over for disturbance. 25. The demon Varené‘ is he who causes illicit intercourse, as it says thus: ‘Varen6 the defiling (4141).’ 26. The demon Bash- Asp*® is she who causes slothfulness; Ség is the fiend (drig) who causes annihilation; and the demon Ntyaz is he who causes distress. 27. The demon Az® (‘greediness’) is he who swallows everything, and when, through destitution, nothing has come he eats himself; he is that fiendishness which, although the whole wealth of the world be given up to it, does not fill up and is not satisfied; as it says, that the eye of the covetous is a noose (gamand), and zw it the world is nought. 28. Pas? is the demon who makes a hoard, and ' A personification of the Av. zaurva of Vend. XIX, 43 W., Yas. IX, 18 Sp., Gds Yt. 10, Ram Yt. 16. § The reading of this name is uncertain. 5 The small whirlwinds, which usually precede a change of wind in India, are commonly known by the name of shafr4n, which indicates that such whirling columns of dust are popularly attributed to demoniacal agency. * A personification of Av. varena, ‘desire,’ in an evil sense. 5 Av. Bdshyasta of Vend. XI, 28, 29, 36, 37, XVIII, 38, &c. The names of the three demons in this sentence are Persian words for ‘sloth,’ ‘trouble,’ and ‘ want.’
2* A personification of Av. varena, ‘desire,’ in an evil sense. 5 Av. Bdshyasta of Vend. XI, 28, 29, 36, 37, XVIII, 38, &c. The names of the three demons in this sentence are Persian words for ‘sloth,’ ‘trouble,’ and ‘ want.’ * Av. Azi of Vend. XVIII, 45, 50, Yas. XVII, 46, LXVII, 22, Astad Yt. 1. ; 7 Compare Pers. pay(is, ‘covetous,’ and piy fis, ‘avarice.’ Pas is evidently the demon of misers, and Az that of the selfish. CHAPTER XXVIII, 23-35. rit does not consume 2¢, axd does not give to any one; as it says, that the power of the demon Az is owing to that person who, not content with his own wife, snatches away even those of others. 29. The demon Nas? is he who causes the pollution and contamination (nisrdstih), which they call nasAt (‘dead matter’). 30. The demon Friftar (‘deceiver’) is he who seduces mankind. 31. The demon Spazg? (‘slander’) is he who brings and conveys discourse (milay4), avd it is nothing in appearance such as he says; and he shows that mankind fights azd apologizes (avakhshinéqa), individual with individual. 32. The demon Ardst? (‘untrue’) is he who speaks falsehood. 33. The demon Aigh4sh‘ is the malignant-eyed fiend who smites mankind with 4zs eye. 34. The demon Bat® is he whom they worship among the Hindfs, and his growth is lodged in idols, as one worships the horse as an idol®. 35. Asté-vidad’ is the evil flyer (vaé-i saritar) who seizes the life; as it says that, when 1 Av. Nasu of Vend. V, 85-106, VI, 65, 72, 74, 79, VII, 2-27, 70, VIII, 46, 48, 132-228, IX, 49-117, &c. ? Av. spazga of Ardabahist Yt. 8, 11, 15. ® Always written like anast. ‘ Av. aghashi of Vend. XX, 14, 20, 24, which appears to be ‘the evil eye ;’ but see § 36. 5 Av. Baiti of Vend. XIX, 4, 6, 140, who must be identified with Pers. but, ‘an idol,’ Sans. bhfita, ‘a goblin,’ and not with Buddha. * Reading afas vakhsh pavan battha mahm4néd, éigfn bfit asp parastédé, which evidently admits of many variations, but the meaning is rather obscure. 7 Here written Asti-vid4d (see Chap. III, 21). Vend. V, 25, 31 says, ‘ Ast6-vidhétu binds him (the dying man); Vayé (the flying demon) conveys him bound ;’ from which it would appear that Ast6-vidad and ‘the evil flyer’ were originally considered as distinct demons, 112 BUNDAHIS. Ais hand strokes a man 2¢ zs lethargy, when he casts z¢ on the sick one 2¢ zs fever, when he looks in his eyes he drives away the life, and they call it death. 36. The demon of the malignant eye (sir-4ashmih) is he who will spoil anything which men see, when they do not say ‘in the name of God’ (yazd4n).
336. The demon of the malignant eye (sir-4ashmih) is he who will spoil anything which men see, when they do not say ‘in the name of God’ (yazd4n). 37. With every one of them are many demons and fiends co-operating, to specify whom a second time would be tedious; demons, too, who are furies (khashmak4n), are in great multitude it is said. 38. They are demons of ruin, pain, and growing old (zv4r4n), producers of vexation and bile, revivers of grief (nivagth), the progeny of gloom, and bringers of stench, decay, and vileness, who are many, very numerous, and very notorious; and a portion of all of them is mingled in the bodies of men, and their characteristics are glaring in mankind. 39. The demon Apdésh! and the demon Aspengargdk ? are those who remain in contest with the rain. 40. Of the evil spirit? are the law of vileness, the religion of sorcery, the weapons of fiendishness, and the perversion (khamth) of God’s works; and 1 Av, Apaosha of Tistar Yt. 21, 22, 27, 28, Astéd Yt. 2,63 see also Chap. VII, 8, ro, 12. 2 Here written Aspengarég4, but see Chaps. VII, 12, XVII, 1. He is the Av. Spengaghra of Vend. XIX, 135, and, being a demon, is not to be confounded with the demon-worshipper, Spizgauruska, of Gés Yt. 31, Ashi Yt. 51. ® The ‘ evil spirit, Ganrak-main6k, seems to be here treated as a demon distinct from Aharman, which is inconsistent with what is stated in §§ 1-6, and is contrary to general opinion. This inconsistency would indicate the possibility of this continuation of Chap. XXVIII in TD, or a portion of it, having been added by an editor in later times (although it is difficult to discover any difference of style in the language), if we did not find a similar confusion of the two names in Chap. XXX, 29, 30. CHAPTER XXVIII, 36-44. 113 his wish is this, that is: ‘Do not ask aéou¢ me, and do not understand me! for if ye ask adoud and understand me, ye wzé/ not come after me?.’ 41. This, too, it says, that the evil spirit remains at the distance of a cry, even at the cry of a three-year-old cock (kfiléng), even at the cry of an ass, even at the cry of a righteous man when one strikes him involuntarily avd he utters a cry% 42. The demon Kindak#® is he who is the steed (b4rak) of wizards. 43. Various new demons arise from the various new sins the creatures may commit, and are produced for such purposes; who make even those planets rush 0” which are in the cedestzal sphere, and they stand very numerously in the conflict. 44. Their ringleaders (kam4rik4n) are those seven planets, the head and tail of Gésihar, and Mdspar *
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
Romanised transliteration as printed by the translator, not the original script. This is what we hold.
1[20. The demon Ak&t4sh ® is the fiend of perversion (nikirayth), who makes the creatures averse (niktr4t) from proper things; as it says, that whoever has given anything to that person (tanf) whose opinion (d4@) is this, that it is not necessary to have a high-priest (dastébar), then the demon Aeshm is propitiated by him. 21. Whoever has given anything to that person whose opinion is this, and who says, that it is not necessary to have a snake-killer (m4r-van), then Aharman, with the foregoing demons, is propitiated by him; this is said of him who, when he sees a noxious creature, does not kill 24. 22. A snake-killer (m4ré-gn6)é® is a stick on the end of which a leathern chong is 1 TD has ‘those three nights,’ referring to the period that the soul is said to remain hovering about the body after death (see H4dékht Nask, ed. Haug, II, 1-18, III, 1-17). * Soin K20; TD has Afidak (see Pahl.Vend. XVIII, 70). °> TD has merely ‘strikes a slipper (padin-pdésh) spiritually,’ that is, invisibly, for the purpose of startling the man. * The short phrases in brackets are taken from TD to supply words torn off from K2o, which passes on to Chap. XXIX at this point, but TD supplies a continuation of Chap. XXVIII, which is added here, and enclosed in brackets. 5 The Av. Akatasha of Vend. X, 23 Sp., XIX, 43 W. * See Pahlavi Vend. XVIII, 5, 6. IIo BUNDAHIS. provided ; and it is declared that every one of the good religion must possess one, that they may strike and kill noxious creatures avd sinners more meritoriously with it. 23. Zarm4n?! is the demon who makes decrepit (dispad), whom they call old age (pirth). 24. Xishmak? is he who makes disastrous (vazandak), and also causes the whirlwind*® wzch passes over for disturbance. 25. The demon Varené‘ is he who causes illicit intercourse, as it says thus: ‘Varen6 the defiling (4141).’ 26. The demon Bash- Asp*® is she who causes slothfulness; Ség is the fiend (drig) who causes annihilation; and the demon Ntyaz is he who causes distress. 27. The demon Az® (‘greediness’) is he who swallows everything, and when, through destitution, nothing has come he eats himself; he is that fiendishness which, although the whole wealth of the world be given up to it, does not fill up and is not satisfied; as it says, that the eye of the covetous is a noose (gamand), and zw it the world is nought. 28. Pas? is the demon who makes a hoard, and ' A personification of the Av. zaurva of Vend. XIX, 43 W., Yas. IX, 18 Sp., Gds Yt. 10, Ram Yt. 16. § The reading of this name is uncertain. 5 The small whirlwinds, which usually precede a change of wind in India, are commonly known by the name of shafr4n, which indicates that such whirling columns of dust are popularly attributed to demoniacal agency. * A personification of Av. varena, ‘desire,’ in an evil sense. 5 Av. Bdshyasta of Vend. XI, 28, 29, 36, 37, XVIII, 38, &c. The names of the three demons in this sentence are Persian words for ‘sloth,’ ‘trouble,’ and ‘ want.’
2* A personification of Av. varena, ‘desire,’ in an evil sense. 5 Av. Bdshyasta of Vend. XI, 28, 29, 36, 37, XVIII, 38, &c. The names of the three demons in this sentence are Persian words for ‘sloth,’ ‘trouble,’ and ‘ want.’ * Av. Azi of Vend. XVIII, 45, 50, Yas. XVII, 46, LXVII, 22, Astad Yt. 1. ; 7 Compare Pers. pay(is, ‘covetous,’ and piy fis, ‘avarice.’ Pas is evidently the demon of misers, and Az that of the selfish. CHAPTER XXVIII, 23-35. rit does not consume 2¢, axd does not give to any one; as it says, that the power of the demon Az is owing to that person who, not content with his own wife, snatches away even those of others. 29. The demon Nas? is he who causes the pollution and contamination (nisrdstih), which they call nasAt (‘dead matter’). 30. The demon Friftar (‘deceiver’) is he who seduces mankind. 31. The demon Spazg? (‘slander’) is he who brings and conveys discourse (milay4), avd it is nothing in appearance such as he says; and he shows that mankind fights azd apologizes (avakhshinéqa), individual with individual. 32. The demon Ardst? (‘untrue’) is he who speaks falsehood. 33. The demon Aigh4sh‘ is the malignant-eyed fiend who smites mankind with 4zs eye. 34. The demon Bat® is he whom they worship among the Hindfs, and his growth is lodged in idols, as one worships the horse as an idol®. 35. Asté-vidad’ is the evil flyer (vaé-i saritar) who seizes the life; as it says that, when 1 Av. Nasu of Vend. V, 85-106, VI, 65, 72, 74, 79, VII, 2-27, 70, VIII, 46, 48, 132-228, IX, 49-117, &c. ? Av. spazga of Ardabahist Yt. 8, 11, 15. ® Always written like anast. ‘ Av. aghashi of Vend. XX, 14, 20, 24, which appears to be ‘the evil eye ;’ but see § 36. 5 Av. Baiti of Vend. XIX, 4, 6, 140, who must be identified with Pers. but, ‘an idol,’ Sans. bhfita, ‘a goblin,’ and not with Buddha. * Reading afas vakhsh pavan battha mahm4néd, éigfn bfit asp parastédé, which evidently admits of many variations, but the meaning is rather obscure. 7 Here written Asti-vid4d (see Chap. III, 21). Vend. V, 25, 31 says, ‘ Ast6-vidhétu binds him (the dying man); Vayé (the flying demon) conveys him bound ;’ from which it would appear that Ast6-vidad and ‘the evil flyer’ were originally considered as distinct demons, 112 BUNDAHIS. Ais hand strokes a man 2¢ zs lethargy, when he casts z¢ on the sick one 2¢ zs fever, when he looks in his eyes he drives away the life, and they call it death. 36. The demon of the malignant eye (sir-4ashmih) is he who will spoil anything which men see, when they do not say ‘in the name of God’ (yazd4n).
336. The demon of the malignant eye (sir-4ashmih) is he who will spoil anything which men see, when they do not say ‘in the name of God’ (yazd4n). 37. With every one of them are many demons and fiends co-operating, to specify whom a second time would be tedious; demons, too, who are furies (khashmak4n), are in great multitude it is said. 38. They are demons of ruin, pain, and growing old (zv4r4n), producers of vexation and bile, revivers of grief (nivagth), the progeny of gloom, and bringers of stench, decay, and vileness, who are many, very numerous, and very notorious; and a portion of all of them is mingled in the bodies of men, and their characteristics are glaring in mankind. 39. The demon Apdésh! and the demon Aspengargdk ? are those who remain in contest with the rain. 40. Of the evil spirit? are the law of vileness, the religion of sorcery, the weapons of fiendishness, and the perversion (khamth) of God’s works; and 1 Av, Apaosha of Tistar Yt. 21, 22, 27, 28, Astéd Yt. 2,63 see also Chap. VII, 8, ro, 12. 2 Here written Aspengarég4, but see Chaps. VII, 12, XVII, 1. He is the Av. Spengaghra of Vend. XIX, 135, and, being a demon, is not to be confounded with the demon-worshipper, Spizgauruska, of Gés Yt. 31, Ashi Yt. 51. ® The ‘ evil spirit, Ganrak-main6k, seems to be here treated as a demon distinct from Aharman, which is inconsistent with what is stated in §§ 1-6, and is contrary to general opinion. This inconsistency would indicate the possibility of this continuation of Chap. XXVIII in TD, or a portion of it, having been added by an editor in later times (although it is difficult to discover any difference of style in the language), if we did not find a similar confusion of the two names in Chap. XXX, 29, 30. CHAPTER XXVIII, 36-44. 113 his wish is this, that is: ‘Do not ask aéou¢ me, and do not understand me! for if ye ask adoud and understand me, ye wzé/ not come after me?.’ 41. This, too, it says, that the evil spirit remains at the distance of a cry, even at the cry of a three-year-old cock (kfiléng), even at the cry of an ass, even at the cry of a righteous man when one strikes him involuntarily avd he utters a cry% 42. The demon Kindak#® is he who is the steed (b4rak) of wizards. 43. Various new demons arise from the various new sins the creatures may commit, and are produced for such purposes; who make even those planets rush 0” which are in the cedestzal sphere, and they stand very numerously in the conflict. 44. Their ringleaders (kam4rik4n) are those seven planets, the head and tail of Gésihar, and Mdspar *
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