ゼンド・アヴェスター 第2部：シーローザ、ヤシュト、ニヤーイシュ

friendly ^, and who is more powerful to destroy than all other creatures^; to the heavenly Wisdom^, made by Mazda ; and to the Wisdom acquired through the ear ^, made by Mazda, 3. Ardibehej-t. To Asha-Vahi^ta, the fairest^; to the muchdesired Airyaman, made by Mazda "^ ; to the instrument made by Mazda ^ ; and to the good Saoka ^ with eyes of love ^°, made by Mazda and holy. ^ Akh^ti does not so much mean Peace as the power that secures peace ; see note 4. ^ Ham-vai«ti, from ham-va (Yt. X, 141); possibly from van, to strike : ' Peace that smites.' * Taradhatem anyaij' daman, interpreted : tarvinitartftm min zaki Sn daman pun anashtih akar kartan (Phi. Comm.), ' more destroying than other creatures, to make Non-peace (Anakhjti) powerless.' ^ Asnya khratu, the inborn intellect, intuition, contrasted with gaosho-sriita khratu, the knowledge acquired by hearing and learning. There is between the two nearly the same relation as between the paravidya and aparavidya in Brahmanism, the former reaching Brahma in se (parabrahma), the latter jabdabrahma, the word-Brahma (Brahma as taught and revealed). The Mobeds of later times interpreted their name Maguj, i^jJ^^, as meaning, ' men without ears,' (_Py\.*, ' pour insinuer que leur Docteur avait puisd toute sa science dans le ciel et qu'il ne I'avait pas apprise par I'ouie comme les autres hommes ' (Chardin, III, 1 30 ; ed. Amsterdam). ' See Yt. III. ' See Vend. XXII. * The 'golden instrument' mentioned in Nyayii- I, 8. ® A personification of the Ormazdean \veal; cf. Vend. XXII, ^° Vouru-doithra, kamak doisr; she is 'the genius of the good SIROZAH I. 5 4. Shahrevar. To Khshathra-vairya; to the metals^; to Mercy and Charity. 5, Sapendarmad.…