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1a Anahita ! with the Haoma and meat, with the baresma, with the wisdom of the tongue, with the holy spells, with the words, with the deeds, with the libations, and with the rightly-spoken words. 'Ye^^he hatam^: All those beings of whom Ahura Mazda .... 11. lo. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathujtra ! unto this spring of mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita, the wide-expanding and health-giving, who hates the Da^vas and obeys the laws of Ahura, who is worthy of sacrifice in the material world, worthy of prayer in the mate- rial world; the life-increasing and holy, the herd-increasing and holy, the fold-increasing and holy, the wealth-increasing and holy, the country-increasing and holy^; II. 'Who drives forwards on her chariot, holding the reins of the chariot. She goes, driving, on this chariot, longing for men^ and thinking thus in her heart : " Who will praise me ? Who will offer me a sacrifice, with libations cleanly prepared and well- strained, together with the Haoma and meat ? To whom shall I cleave, who cleaves unto me, and thinks with me, and bestows gifts upon me, and is of good will unto me ?" ' For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice, worth being heard \ . . . ^ As above, p. 30 ; § 9 is repeated at the end of every chapter. ' § io = § 2. ' Viz. for their worshipping; cf. Yasna XXIII, 2 [5], paitijma- refiti = Phl. humitinit, they hope, they expect. Cf. § 123. * As above, § 9. ABAN YA5T. 5/ III. 12. 'Offer up a sacrifice,0 Spitama Zarathujtra ! unto this spring of mine, Ardvi Sfira Anahita \ . . . 13. 'Whom four horses carry, all white, of one and the same colour, of the same blood, tall, crush- ing down the hates of all haters, of the Daevas and men, of the Yatus and Pairikas, of the oppressors, of the blind and of the deaf-. ' For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice .... IV. 14. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathujtra ! unto this spring of mine, Ardvi Siira Anahita .... 15. ' Strong and bright, tall and beautiful of form, who sends down by day and by night a flow of motherly^ waters as large as the whole of the waters that run along the earth, and who runs powerfully*. ' For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice .... V. 16. ' Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathu^-tra ! unto this spring of mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita .... 1 7.
2the whole of the waters that run along the earth, and who runs powerfully*. ' For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice .... V. 16. ' Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathu^-tra ! unto this spring of mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita .... 1 7. ' To her did the Maker Ahura Mazda offer up a sacrifice^ in the Alryana Vae^ah, by the good river Daitya^; with the Haoma and meat, with the baresma, with the wisdom of the tongue, with the holy spells, with the words, with the deeds, with the libations, and with the rightly-spoken words ^ ^ As above, § 10. ^ Cf. p. 26, note 2. ' Doubtful; cf. Yt. VIII, 47. " Cf above, § 3. * Cf. Vend. Introd. IV, 9, 40. This is the heavenly prototype of the Mazdean sacrifice as it was later shown to men by Zara- thujtra; cf. § loi. « Cf. Yt. I, 4 and notes. ' Cf. Yt. Ill, 18. ^ 58 YA5TS AND SIROZAHS. 18. * He begged of her a boon, saying: "Grant me this, O good, most beneficent Ardvi Sura Anahita ! that I may bring the son of Pourushaspa, the holy Zarathu5tra, to think after my law, to speak after my law, to do after my law! " 19. 'Ardvi Sura Anahita granted him that boon, as he was offering libations, giving gifts, sacrificing, and begging that she would grant him that boon. ' For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice .... VL 20. ' Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathujtra I unto this spring of mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita .... 2 1. 'To her did Haoshyangha, the Paradhata\ offer up a sacrifice on the enclosure ^ of the Hara^, with a hundred male horses, a thousand oxen, and ten thousand lambs. 22. 'He begged of her a boon, saying: "Grant me this, O good, most beneficent Ardvi Sfira Ana- hita ! that I may become the sovereign lord of all countries, of the Daevas and men, of the ^ Haoshyangha was the first king of the Paradhata (Pesh- dadyan) dynasty (cf, above, p. 7, note 2, and Bundahij XXXI, i). It is related in Firdausi's Shah Namah that he was the grand- son of Gayomarth, the first man and king, and the son of Syamak ; that his father having been killed by the black Div, he encountered him at the head of an army of lions, tigers, birds, and Paris, and destroyed him ; he then succeeded his grandfather, and reigned supreme over the seven Keshvars of the earth. "^ Doubtful: upabda=upabanda, as thribda (Yt. VIII, 55) = thribanda; it appears from Yt. XV, 7 that the place meant here is the Taera which is said in the Bundahij (V, 7) to be surrounded by the Alborz (the Hara).
3preme over the seven Keshvars of the earth. "^ Doubtful: upabda=upabanda, as thribda (Yt. VIII, 55) = thribanda; it appears from Yt. XV, 7 that the place meant here is the Taera which is said in the Bundahij (V, 7) to be surrounded by the Alborz (the Hara). ^ The Hara berezaiti or Alborz, in Mazandaran, south of the Caspian Sea, was supposed to surround the earth; cf Yt. X, 56. ABAN YA5T. ' 59 Yatiis and Pairikas, of the oppressors, the bhnd and the deaf; and that I may smite down two thirds^ of the Daevas of Mazana^ and of the fiends of Varena^" 23. ' Ardvl Sura Anahlta granted him that boon, as he was offering hbations, giving gifts, sacrificing, and entreating that she would grant him that boon. ' For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice .... VII. 24. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zaralhujtra ! unto this spring of mine, Ardvl Sura Anahita .... 25. 'To her did Yima Khshaeta'*, the good shep- herd, offer up a sacrifice from the height Hukairya•^ with a hundred male horses, a thousand oxen, ten thousand lambs. 26. ' He begged of her a boon, saying : " Grant me this, O good, most beneficent Ardvi Sura Ana- hita ! that I may become the sovereign lord of all countries, of the Daevas and men, of the Yatus and Pairikas, of the oppressors, the blind and the deaf; and that I may take from the Daevas both ^ A formula frequently used, not only in the Avesta, but also in the Shah Namah. "^ The Daevas in IMazandaran. Mazandaran was held a place of resort for demons and sorcerers, and was in the Iranian legend nearly the same as Ceylon is in the Ramaya;/a. The Damavand mountain, to which Asi Dahaka was bound, is the southern boundary of Mazandaran. ' See Vend. Introd. IV, 23; cf. this Yajt, § 33. * Yima Khshaeta ((?emshid), as an earthly king, ruled over the world for a thousand years, while he made immortality reign in it (Yt. IX, 8; XV, 15; cf. Vendidad II, Introd.). ^ See above, § 3. 6o YA5TS AND SIROZAHS. riches and welfare, both fatness and flocks, both weal and Glory\" 27. ' Ardvi Sura Anahita granted him that boon, as he was offering libations, giving gifts, sacrificing, and entreating that she would grant him that boon. ' For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice .... VIII. 28. ' Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathujtra ! unto this spring of mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita .... 29.
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.
1a Anahita ! with the Haoma and meat, with the baresma, with the wisdom of the tongue, with the holy spells, with the words, with the deeds, with the libations, and with the rightly-spoken words. 'Ye^^he hatam^: All those beings of whom Ahura Mazda .... 11. lo. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathujtra ! unto this spring of mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita, the wide-expanding and health-giving, who hates the Da^vas and obeys the laws of Ahura, who is worthy of sacrifice in the material world, worthy of prayer in the mate- rial world; the life-increasing and holy, the herd-increasing and holy, the fold-increasing and holy, the wealth-increasing and holy, the country-increasing and holy^; II. 'Who drives forwards on her chariot, holding the reins of the chariot. She goes, driving, on this chariot, longing for men^ and thinking thus in her heart : " Who will praise me ? Who will offer me a sacrifice, with libations cleanly prepared and well- strained, together with the Haoma and meat ? To whom shall I cleave, who cleaves unto me, and thinks with me, and bestows gifts upon me, and is of good will unto me ?" ' For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice, worth being heard \ . . . ^ As above, p. 30 ; § 9 is repeated at the end of every chapter. ' § io = § 2. ' Viz. for their worshipping; cf. Yasna XXIII, 2 [5], paitijma- refiti = Phl. humitinit, they hope, they expect. Cf. § 123. * As above, § 9. ABAN YA5T. 5/ III. 12. 'Offer up a sacrifice,0 Spitama Zarathujtra ! unto this spring of mine, Ardvi Sfira Anahita \ . . . 13. 'Whom four horses carry, all white, of one and the same colour, of the same blood, tall, crush- ing down the hates of all haters, of the Daevas and men, of the Yatus and Pairikas, of the oppressors, of the blind and of the deaf-. ' For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice .... IV. 14. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathujtra ! unto this spring of mine, Ardvi Siira Anahita .... 15. ' Strong and bright, tall and beautiful of form, who sends down by day and by night a flow of motherly^ waters as large as the whole of the waters that run along the earth, and who runs powerfully*. ' For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice .... V. 16. ' Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathu^-tra ! unto this spring of mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita .... 1 7.
2the whole of the waters that run along the earth, and who runs powerfully*. ' For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice .... V. 16. ' Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathu^-tra ! unto this spring of mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita .... 1 7. ' To her did the Maker Ahura Mazda offer up a sacrifice^ in the Alryana Vae^ah, by the good river Daitya^; with the Haoma and meat, with the baresma, with the wisdom of the tongue, with the holy spells, with the words, with the deeds, with the libations, and with the rightly-spoken words ^ ^ As above, § 10. ^ Cf. p. 26, note 2. ' Doubtful; cf. Yt. VIII, 47. " Cf above, § 3. * Cf. Vend. Introd. IV, 9, 40. This is the heavenly prototype of the Mazdean sacrifice as it was later shown to men by Zara- thujtra; cf. § loi. « Cf. Yt. I, 4 and notes. ' Cf. Yt. Ill, 18. ^ 58 YA5TS AND SIROZAHS. 18. * He begged of her a boon, saying: "Grant me this, O good, most beneficent Ardvi Sura Anahita ! that I may bring the son of Pourushaspa, the holy Zarathu5tra, to think after my law, to speak after my law, to do after my law! " 19. 'Ardvi Sura Anahita granted him that boon, as he was offering libations, giving gifts, sacrificing, and begging that she would grant him that boon. ' For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice .... VL 20. ' Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathujtra I unto this spring of mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita .... 2 1. 'To her did Haoshyangha, the Paradhata\ offer up a sacrifice on the enclosure ^ of the Hara^, with a hundred male horses, a thousand oxen, and ten thousand lambs. 22. 'He begged of her a boon, saying: "Grant me this, O good, most beneficent Ardvi Sfira Ana- hita ! that I may become the sovereign lord of all countries, of the Daevas and men, of the ^ Haoshyangha was the first king of the Paradhata (Pesh- dadyan) dynasty (cf, above, p. 7, note 2, and Bundahij XXXI, i). It is related in Firdausi's Shah Namah that he was the grand- son of Gayomarth, the first man and king, and the son of Syamak ; that his father having been killed by the black Div, he encountered him at the head of an army of lions, tigers, birds, and Paris, and destroyed him ; he then succeeded his grandfather, and reigned supreme over the seven Keshvars of the earth. "^ Doubtful: upabda=upabanda, as thribda (Yt. VIII, 55) = thribanda; it appears from Yt. XV, 7 that the place meant here is the Taera which is said in the Bundahij (V, 7) to be surrounded by the Alborz (the Hara).
3preme over the seven Keshvars of the earth. "^ Doubtful: upabda=upabanda, as thribda (Yt. VIII, 55) = thribanda; it appears from Yt. XV, 7 that the place meant here is the Taera which is said in the Bundahij (V, 7) to be surrounded by the Alborz (the Hara). ^ The Hara berezaiti or Alborz, in Mazandaran, south of the Caspian Sea, was supposed to surround the earth; cf Yt. X, 56. ABAN YA5T. ' 59 Yatiis and Pairikas, of the oppressors, the bhnd and the deaf; and that I may smite down two thirds^ of the Daevas of Mazana^ and of the fiends of Varena^" 23. ' Ardvl Sura Anahlta granted him that boon, as he was offering hbations, giving gifts, sacrificing, and entreating that she would grant him that boon. ' For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice .... VII. 24. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zaralhujtra ! unto this spring of mine, Ardvl Sura Anahita .... 25. 'To her did Yima Khshaeta'*, the good shep- herd, offer up a sacrifice from the height Hukairya•^ with a hundred male horses, a thousand oxen, ten thousand lambs. 26. ' He begged of her a boon, saying : " Grant me this, O good, most beneficent Ardvi Sura Ana- hita ! that I may become the sovereign lord of all countries, of the Daevas and men, of the Yatus and Pairikas, of the oppressors, the blind and the deaf; and that I may take from the Daevas both ^ A formula frequently used, not only in the Avesta, but also in the Shah Namah. "^ The Daevas in IMazandaran. Mazandaran was held a place of resort for demons and sorcerers, and was in the Iranian legend nearly the same as Ceylon is in the Ramaya;/a. The Damavand mountain, to which Asi Dahaka was bound, is the southern boundary of Mazandaran. ' See Vend. Introd. IV, 23; cf. this Yajt, § 33. * Yima Khshaeta ((?emshid), as an earthly king, ruled over the world for a thousand years, while he made immortality reign in it (Yt. IX, 8; XV, 15; cf. Vendidad II, Introd.). ^ See above, § 3. 6o YA5TS AND SIROZAHS. riches and welfare, both fatness and flocks, both weal and Glory\" 27. ' Ardvi Sura Anahita granted him that boon, as he was offering libations, giving gifts, sacrificing, and entreating that she would grant him that boon. ' For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice .... VIII. 28. ' Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathujtra ! unto this spring of mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita .... 29.
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.
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