Sacred Books of the East, Vol. 23 — The Zend-Avesta, Part II / Yasts & Nyayis (Darmesteter, page scans)

waymen killed by Keresaspa, Yt. XIX, 41.

■* Not mentioned in the Shah Namah ; Khosrav was succeeded by a distant relation, Lohrasp.

" An allusion to the lost legend of Akhriira ; see, however,
West, Pahlavi Texts, II, 375.

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We worship the Fravashi of the holy and gallant
Haoshyangha ;

To withstand the Mazainya Daevas and the Varenya fiends ; to withstand the evil done by the Daevas ^.

138. We worship the Fravashi of the holy Fradhakh^ti, the son of the jar^,

To withstand Aeshma, the fiend of the wounding spear, and the Daevas that grow through Aeshma ; to withstand the evil done by Aeshma.

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139. We worship the Fravashi of the holy
Hvovi^

We worship the Fravashi of the holy Fr^ni ; We worship the Fravashi of the holy Thriti ; We worship the Fravashi of the holy Pouru- /§ista *.

We worship the Fravashi of the holy Hutaosa^;
We worship the Fravashi of the holy Humal
We worship the Fravashi of the holy Zairi/^i.

* See Yt. V, 21-23.

^ Khumbya, one of the immortals in ZTivaniratha ; he resides in the Pe^yansai plain : * he is Z^z^embya for this reason, because they brought him up in a /ivemh (jar) for fear of Khashm' (Bund. XXIX, 5). He answers pretty well to the Agastya and Vasish//5a of the Vedic legend (see Ormazd et Ahriman, § 177).

^ One of the three wives of Zarathui'tra, the daughter of Frasha- OJtra ; she is the supposed mother of Saoshya;;/ and his brothers (see p. 195, note 2).

* The three daughters of Zarathu^-tra and sisters to Isa^vastar (see p. 204, note i).

^ Vutaspa's wife; see Yt. IX, 26, and XVII, 46,

* Vi^taspa's daughter, Humai, in the Shah Namah.

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We worship the Fravashi of the holy Vispataurvashi.

We worship the Fravashi of the holy Ui"tavaiti.

We worship the Fravashi of the holy Tuiriamaiti.

140. We worship the Fravashi of the holy Frt'ni, the wife of Usenemah ^ ;

We worship the Fravashi of the holy Fr^^ni, the wife of the son of Frayaza?zta ^ ;

We worship the Fravashi of the holy Fr^ni, the wife of the son of Khshoiwraspa ^ ;

We worship the Fravashi of the holy Fr^ni, the wife of Gayadhasti *.

We worship the Fravashi of the holy Asabani, the wife of Pourudhakh^ti ^.

We worship the Fravashi of the holy Ukhshyei;«ti, the wife of Staotar-Vahi^tahe-Ashyehe ^.

141. We worship the Fravashi of the holy maid
Vadh{i^.

We worship the Fravashi of the holy maid
6^aghrudh.

We worship the Fravashi of the holy maid
Franghadh.

We worship the Fravashi of the holy maid UriidhayawA

We worship the Fravashi of the holy maid Pa6- sanghanu.

orship the Fravashi of the holy maid Vadh{i^.

We worship the Fravashi of the holy maid
6^aghrudh.

We worship the Fravashi of the holy maid
Franghadh.

We worship the Fravashi of the holy maid UriidhayawA

We worship the Fravashi of the holy maid Pa6- sanghanu.

We worship the Fravashi of the holy //z^aredhi.

We worship the Fravashi of the holy Hu/^ithra.

We worship the Fravashi of the holy Kanuka.

^ See § 113. ^ Of Frmah or Caro-vanghu, § 113.

3 Of Khshathro-z^inah, § 112. * See § n 2.

"^ See§in. « Ibid.

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We worship the Fravashi of the holy maid
SrutaZ-fedhri \

142. We worship the Fravashi of the holy maid
Vanghu-fedhri " ;

We worship the Fravashi of the holy maid Ereda^fedhrl^, who is called Vispa-taurvairi. She is Vispa-taurvairi (the all-destroying) because she will bring him forth, who will destroy the malice of Daevas and men, to withstand the evil done by the 6*ahi*.

143. We worship the Fravashis of the holy men in the Aryan countries ;

We worship the Fravashis of the holy women in the Aryan countries.

We worship the Fravashis of the holy men in the Turanian countries^;

We worship the Fravashis of the holy women in the Turanian countries.

We worship the Fravashis of the holy men in the Sairimyan countries*';

^ UkhshyaZ-ereta's mother (see above, § 126); the Saddar Bundahij (Etudes Iraniennes, II, 209) calls her Bad, from the last part of her name (fedhri for padhri), and states that, bathing in Lake Kasava, she will become pregnant from the seed of Zarathuj-tra, that is preserved there (see above, p. 195, note 2), and she will bring forth a son, Oshedar bamt.

^ UkhshyaZ-nemah's mother, called Vah Bad in the Saddar ; she will conceive in the same way as SrutaZ-fedhri.

^ Saoshya«/s mother.

* Cf. Vend. XIX, 5, and Introd. IV, 39-40.

^ Gogojasp (a commentator to the Avesta) says, ' There are holy men in all religions, as appears from the words tuiryanam d^/ivyunam [We worship the Fravashis of the holy men in the Turanian countries],' (Pahl. Comm. ad Vend. Ill, end; and Vend. V, 38 [122]); cf. above, §§ 113, 123.

* The countries inherited by Sairima (Selm), the third son of

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We worship the Fravashis of the holy women in the Sairimyan countries.

144. We worship the Fravashis of the holy men in the Saini countries^;

We worship the Fravashis of the holy women in the Saini countries.

We worship the Fravashis of the holy men in the Dahi countries^;

We worship the Fravashis of the holy women in the Dahi countries.

rship the Fravashis of the holy men in the Saini countries^;

We worship the Fravashis of the holy women in the Saini countries.

We worship the Fravashis of the holy men in the Dahi countries^;

We worship the Fravashis of the holy women in the Dahi countries.

We worship the Fravashis of the holy men in all countries ;

We worship the Fravashis of the holy women in all countries.

145. We worship all the good, awful, beneficent Fravashis of the faithful, from Gaya Maretan down to the victorious Saoshyaw/^ May the Fravashis of the faithful come quickly to us ! May they come to our help !

146. They protect us when in distress with manifest assistance, with the assistance of Ahura Mazda and of the holy, powerful Sraosha, and with the Mathra-Spe;^ta, the all-knowing, who hates the Daevas with a mighty hate, a friend of Ahura Mazda, whom Zarathui-tra worshipped so greatly in the material world.

147. May the good waters and the plants and

ThraStaona, as Turan and Iran were inherited by Tfira and Airyu.
Selm's heritage was RCim, that is to say, Europa and Western
Asia.

1 China (Bund. XV, 29).

2 Perhaps the Dahae (Pliny VI, 17; Aeneis VIII, 728) or Aam (Slrabo), called Ta-hia by Chinese geographers, on the south of the Oxus.

^ From the first man to the last.

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the Fravashis of the faithful abide down here ! May you be rejoiced and well received in this house ! Here are the Athravans of the countries \ thinking of good holiness. Our hands are lifted up for asking help, and for offering a sacrifice unto you, O most beneficent Fravashis !

148. We worship the Fravashis of all the holy men and holy women whose souls are worthy of sacrifice ^, whose Fravashis are worthy of invocation.

We worship the Fravashis of all the holy men and holy women, our sacrificing to whom makes us good in the eyes of Ahura Mazda : of all of those we have heard that Zarathu^tra is the first and best, as a follower of Ahura and as a performer of the law.

149. We worship the spirit, conscience, perception, soul, and Fravashi ^ of men of the primitive law ^ of the first who listened to the teaching (of Ahura), holy men and holy women, who struggled for holiness^; we worship the spirit, conscience, perception, soul, and Fravashi of our next-of-kin, holy men and holy women, who struggled for holiness^.

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