The Zend-Avesta, Volumes 1-2 Volume 1-2

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1895 Excerpt: ... In India the Sir6zah is recited in honour of the dead, on the thirtieth day after the death, on the thirtieth day of the sixth month, on the thirtieth day of the twelfth month, and then every year on the thirtieth day from the anniversary day (Anquetil, ZendAvesta, II, 315). The correspondence between the formulas of the Sir6zah and the Yarts is as follows: Ormazd Yaft (I, 1-23). Bahman Yajt (I, 24-33). Ardibehcrt Yaft (III). Ormazd. Bahman. Ardibehcrt. ShahreVar. Sapendarmad. 6. Khordad. 78. 9-10. 11. 12. 13-M-15-16. 7-18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 4-25 26. 27. 28. 29, 30. Murdad. Dai pa Adar. Adar. Aban. KhorshSd. Mah. Ttr. G&s. Dai pa Mihir. Mihir. Sr6sh. Rashn. Farvardin. Bahrdm. Ram. Bad. Dai pa Din. Din. Ard. Aftad. AsmSn. Zemyad. Mahraspand. Anerin. The Yajts that have been lost are, therefore, those of Khshathra-vairya, Spewta-Armaiti, Amereta/, Atar, Vata, Asman, MathraSpenta, and Anaghra rao&zu. The second Yaft, or Yaft of the seven Amshaspands, appears to have been no independent Yaft: it was common to all the seven Yajts devoted to the several Amshaspands, and, accordingly, it is recited on the first seven days of the month. One might suppose that it was originally a part of the Ormazd Yast, as the Amesha-Spewtas are invoked in company with Ahura Mazda (Str6zah i, 8, 15, 23). There may, indeed, have been several Yajts for one and the same formula of the Sir6zah, as in all of these formulas more than one Ized are invoked: this would apply not only to the Yajt of the seven Amshaspands, but also to the Vanaw/ Yajt (Yajt XX), which, in that case, ought to follow the Ttr Ya.rt (see Sirdzah 13). Not every Yajt, however, is devoted to the Ized whose name it bears: thus the Ardibeh&rt Yajt is mostly devoted to Airyaman; the Ram-Yajt and the ZemySd-Yart are de...