Essays on the sacred language, writings, and religion of the ParseesTrübner & Company, Ludgate Hill, 1878 - 427 pages |
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Ahuna-vairya Ahura Ahuramazda ancient Persian angel Angrô-mainyush Anquetil appears archangels Armaiti Aryan Ashem Asuras Aûharmazd Avesta language Avesta text Avesta words Barsom beneficent blessing Brahmans Bundahish called cattle ceremony chief commentary contains Copenhagen copies corresponding created creation Creator Dastur deadly demons Devas dialect Dinkard Drukhsh earth edition Essay evil spirit existence extant fargard fire Fravashis Gâthas grammar Greek herbad Homa Huzvârish hymns inscriptions invoked Iranian kings literature mainyush Mazda Mazdayasnian religion means mentioned mind Mithra Mobads modern Persian Nask old manuscript old MSS original Pahlavi texts Pahlavi translation Pahlavi version Parsi passages Pâzand phrase praise prayers priests prophet Rashnu recite religious righteous Rigveda Rivâyats Sanskrit Sasanian scholars sections Semitic soul Spiegel Spitama Zarathushtra Sraosha Srosh syllables thou thushtra tion Vedas Vedic Vendidad verses Visparad Vohuman Westergaard's whole wicked worship writings written Yasht Yasna Yima Zara Zaratûsht Zend Zend-Avesta Zoroaster Zoroastrian religion
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Page 335 - ... till me with the left arm and the right, with the right arm and the left, hither shall people ever come and beg for bread ; here shall I ever go on bearing, bringing forth all manner of food, bringing forth profusion of corn.
Page 158 - Who is holding the earth and the skies above it? Who made the waters and the trees of the field? Who is in the winds and storms that they so quickly run? Who is the creator of the good-minded beings, thou Wise One?
Page xi - Zoroastrian ceremonies. The Author's principal object in publishing these Essays originally, was to present in a readable form all the materials for judging impartially of the scriptures and religion of the Parsis. The same object has been kept in view while preparing this Second Edition, giving a...
Page 236 - He who does not till the earth, O Spitama Zarathustra ! with the left arm and the right, with the right arm and the left, unto him thus says the Earth :
Page 302 - All these gifts he grants to the righteous man, who is upright in thoughts, words, and deeds. As the ruler of the whole universe, he not only rewards the good, but he is a punisher of the wicked at the same time (see Yas. xliii. 5). All that is created, good or evil, fortune or misfortune, is his work 1 See especially YM.
Page 162 - There are two names again that give us the clue to the secret, the "increaser" and the "destroyer," the one from whom the life is ever pouring forth, and the other the material side, which...