The Sun-Worshipping Sakadvipiya Brahmanas
by Martina Palladino | 2017 | 62,832 words
This page relates ‘Ritual Objects in Neryosangh’s Sanskrit Translation of the Yasna� of study dealing with the Sun-Worshipping Sakadvipiya Brahmanas (i.e., the Shakdwipiya Brahmin) by researching their history, and customs from ancient times to the present. The Sakadvipiya Brahmanas have been extensively studied since the 19th century, particularly for their origins and unique religious practices.
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Appendix A - Ritual Objects in Nēryōsangh’s Sanskrit Translation of the Yasna
[Full title: List of Names and Ritual Objects in Nēryōsangh’s Sanskrit Translation of the Yasna (based on SPIEGEL 1861)[1] ]
I
2: hormijdāt / 43: hormijdasya
6: Ծ� hormijdasya (12)
9: nimantrayāmi saṃpūrṇayāmi // � nivāsitāraṇya� sahasrakarṇam daśasahasralocana� uktanāmāna� iajda� / kila 峾 anayā dīnyā uktamāste // ԲԻ岹� nirbhayatva� ā岹ṃca / sa iajdasya ye Գṣy ⲹⲹ 岹� jānanti //
17: jarathustrotimanāmnīṃca punyātmanī� puṇyagurvī�
19: vijⲹṃca hormijdadatta�
33: ye santi puṇyasya yat utkriṣṭatara� hormijdena śikṣā辱ḥ / jarathuśtrāya // jarathuśtreṇaca proktā� / antar asmin jagati //
34: hormijdena ṛṣṭāḥ // majdadattā� (39) / majdadattān (39, 41) / majdadatta� (41, 43) / majdadattā� (42)
40: jarathustriya�
65: prabravīmi mājdaīsnī� jarathustrīyā� vibhinnadevā� hormijdasya nyāyavatī� /
II
baresmana� samīhe ijisnau (2) / ṇa� samam baresmanena samīhe ijisnau (4)// baresmana� � prāṇena samīhe ijisnau (5) // ena� ṇa� enaṃca baresmana� samīhe ijisnau (6) // ta� baresmana� enaṃca ṇa� samīhe ijisnau (7) // � prāṇena ena� baresmana� samīhe ijisnau (8) // ena� baresma� � prāṇena � aibiaṅghena puṇyena parigrathita� samīhe ijisnau (9) // anena prāṇena baresmanenaca 峾a� ñԾa� puṇyātmāna� puṇyaܰ� samīhe ijisnau (10) //
15: anena prāṇena baresmanenaca � nivāsitāraṇya� sahasrakarṇa� daśasahasralocana� uktanāmāna� iajda� samihe ijisnau / anena prāṇena baresmanenaca... (16, 18, 19, 21, 23, 25, 26, 28, 31, 34, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 44, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50,54, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62) majdadattā� (22, 49) / majdadattān (49, 54) / majdadatta� (54, 57) / majdadattā� (55, 56, 57)
24: jarathustrotemanāmnīṃca puṇyātmanī� puṇyagurvī� samīhe ijisnau
25: hormijdadatta�
43:...hormijdena... / jarathustrāya // jarathustreṇaca proktā� /
44: anena prāṇena baresmanenaca 峾a� � ٳٲ� anaśvara� puṇyātmāna� samīhe ijisnau //
45: tārāś(ca) Իṃca ūⲹṃca // vanaspatīn ye upari baresmane � sarveṣāṃ grāmāṇāṃ Բ� samīhe ijisnau//
52: jarathustrīya� 59: hormijda�
III
1: baresmanena upari saṃnihitena � prāṇena hauanasaṃdhyāyā� gurutayā / saṃmitena baresmadānopari // 4: śrośa- � (61: śrośasya)
5: hūmaṃca prāhūmaṃca samīhe ijisnau (= in 62) / hūma� prāhūmīyamityartha� //
6: jarathustrasya s辱maputrasya (jarathuśstrasya / śpitama) (= 62)
9: hūma� samīhe ijisnau //
10: apā� […] majdadattānā� (14)
11: ܻ岹첹� hūmīya� samīhe ijisnau //
15: ena� baresmana� � prāṇena � aiviaṅghanena puṇyena parigrahita� samīhe ijisnau //
68�70: prabravīmi mājdaiasnī� / […] yathā ahuramajdābjilāṣa� / […] ahuramajdasya /
IV
2: ena� hūmaṃca […] // baresmanaṃca […] // hūmaṃca prāhūmaṃca / hūma� prāhūmiyamityartha�
4: śrośasyaca […] (= 50) // agneśca hormijdasya
51: jarathustrasya aspatamaputrasya 56: […] hormijdasyārthe // […] hormijdo
V
6: […] mitritamāste
VI
6: � nivāsitāraṇya� sahasrakarṇa� daśasahasralocana� uktanāmāna� iajada� /
14: […] majdadattā� […]
16: jarathustrotemanāmnīṃca […]
17: hormijdadattaṃca
20: śrośa�
21: Բ� śܻ� ā // satyapati� asya rasna iti 峾tā śuddhatāca satyatāca //
35:...hormijdena […] jarathustreṇaca
36: 峾a� � ٳٲ� anaśvara� puṇyātmāna� ā // tārāśca Ի�(ca) ūⲹṃca // vanaspatīn ye upari baresmane � sarveṣāṃ grāmāṇāṃ Բ� ā//
40: majdadattā� (x 2) / majdadattān (= 45)
43: nyāyam jarathustrīya� ā /
44: mājdaiasnī�
45: majdadatta� (= 47)
46: majdadattā� (x 2) (= 47)
49: hormijdaṃca
51: śrośa�
52: hūmaṃca prāhūmaṃca ā // jarathustrasya s辱maputrasya […]
VII
1: śrośasya (= 52)
2: puṇyena dadāmi hūmaṃca prāhūmaṃca (= 53) / hūma� prāhūmīyamityartha� // sanmānakṛityā jarathustrasya s辱maputrasya puṇyātmakavṛiddhe� (= 53) //
4: puṇyena dadāmi hūma� // majdadattānā� (=7)
5: puṇyena dadāmi 貹� hūmīyā� //
8: puṇyena dadāmi enaṃca baresmana� � prāṇena � aiviaṅghanena puṇyena parigrathita� 58: hormijdasya
59: ahuramajda
68: hūmaṃca prāhūmaṃca ā //
VIII
1: hūmaṃca prāhūmaṃca samidhaṃca gandhaṃca //
3: hūmasyaca // […] puṇyātmanaśca jarathustrasya //
5: he dīne majdaīasni //
6: ya� tetṣu majdaīasneṣu majdaīasnī� brūte puṇyasamṛiddhyo jīvet / 9:...majdaīasnebhya�...
10: ahuramajda
15: jarathustra�
16: …ahurmijdīyā jarathustrīyā
IX hūmastūmasya mūla�
(hūmasya �)
1: […] hūma� upeyivān jarathustra� /
3:...jarathustra�... / aho iastau na babhūva puraḥprakaṭatvāt asau parijñātavān yat hūmo 'ya� sameti yadica samāgato 'bhūt ena� praṣṭu� samīhata mithro zayāt zarathustrem tat parisphuṭameva yadyena� saṃmāryavān iti heto� yat ⲹ� � iajadai� prabhūtairāsit tasya iajadāśca prakaṭatarā iya� prakṛitiśca komalābhūt asau abhīpsitatvāt � hūmena uccairbabhāṣe //
5: hūmo � hūmena
6: aha� asmi jarathustra hūmo muktimān dūramṛityu� //
7: spitama
9: ta� abhāṣata jarathustro namo hūmāya //
10: hūma (21, 28, 40, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 78, 83, 94, 96, 98, 100, 102, 103)
11: hūmo (22, 29, 41) 72: hūma� (73) 27:..ahurem mazdańm....hormijdasya..
43:..jarathustra..(44, 46)..hormijdanyāyī..
48: ta� abhāṣata jarathustro namo hūmāya //
49: uttamo hūma� ܻԲ� / […] hūma� satyadāna� /
71: hūmasteṣāṃ […]
74: hūmastābhyaścit […]
75: hūmastāṃścit […]
80: hormijda�
81: prakṛiṣṭa� ida� tubhya� hormijdo 'dāt tanā� aivīanghanatā� tārāracitā� paralokaghaṭitā� ܳٳٲ� dīni� mājdaiasnī� / asya aiviaṅghanatva� ida� yat yathā kustI � manuṣyeṇa aikīkṛitā dīniśca eva� � hūmena aikīkṛitā asyā� aikīkṛitatva� ida� yat 屹 hūma� na khādati dīnyā suniścito na bhavati hūmakhādanakārya� antarijisnau āste
//
X
2: śrośo 3: antarasmin gṛihe yat hormijdīya� yat hūmasya muktijanane� / 7: huma
8: hūma (= 10, 14 x 2, 23, 31-32, 38, 41, 56)
13: hūma� (= 22)
16: hūma� (= 21)
19: hūmasya (= 20, 44)
25: prakṛiṣṭa� te pratikaromi ٰٱ� stutikṛitiṃca / kila te ٰ� bhavāmi staumica / ⲹٲ� ٰ� stutikara� ܳٳٲ� adadā� ityabhāṣata 峾ī mahājñānī ya� puṇyāt utkṛiṣṭatara� / kilāha� dīnivāhakasya śaktā bhavitu� //
35: namo hūmaya (= 36)
43: hūmīyaṃca
44: hūmadrūṇa�
52: ta� abhāṣata jarathustro yat namo hūmāya majdadattāya uttamo hūmo majdadatto namo hūmāya / […]
53: hūmān
ū� ܱṇāb� ܲԲԲٲ� ā // hūma� phrāśme� vṛiddhida� bhūsaṃbhūte� ā // hūma� dūramṛityu� ā // viśvān hūmān ā // jarathustrasya s辱maputrasya iha puṇyātmano puṇyaṃca vṛiddhiṃca ā //
XI
2: gauśca aśvaśca hūmaśca //
11: hūma� (= 15)
16: hūma (= 20, 25, 26, 27)� ahurmajda�
17: ahuramajda�
20: � hūmotsava�
21: hūmo
23: ta� abhāṣata jarathustro yat namo hūmāya uttamo hūmo majdadatto namo hūmāya (= 26)
//
XIII
1: […] prabravīmi mājdaīasnī� jarathustrīyā� vibhinnadevā� hormijdanyāyavatī� / […]
3: hormijdasya
8: majdaiasnānā� (= 12)
18: jarathustra� 19.. hormijdāt jarathustra� (= 21) /
20: jarathustro
22: � majdaiasno (= 25) jarathustrīya.h.. jarathustra� / 24: jarathustrasya
25: mājdaiasnī� (= 27) jarathustrīyā� prakāśayāmi /
28: � hormijdīyā jarathustrīyā / 29: hormijdasya // � mājdaiasnyā �
XIV
2: � mājdaiaśnī� �
4: ٰ� niveditatanu� ܰ� bravīmi agnau 峾o ñԾa� / yo hormijdamitro ta� ܰ� agnau bravīmi ⲹٲ� tasya vapuṣṭi abhyāgato 'sti //
7: � mājdaiasnyā � (-�: 9)
19: jarathustrasya spitamaputrasya […]
� mājdaiasnyā� /
XV
5: � baresmanenaca �
XVI
3: � uttamāyā� mājdaiasnyā� //
XVII
1: ahuramajda� puṇyātmaka� puṇyaܰ� ā //
3: jarathustra� puṇyātmaka� puṇyaܰ� ā //
7: jarathustrasya puṇyāmano vṛiddhi� ā //
8: jarathustrasya ܰپ� ā //
9: jarathustrasya dīni� ā //
10: jarathustrasya ṣa� nyāyaṃca ā //
21: � majdadattā� �
22: ūⲹ� �
27: � nivāsitāraṇya� ā / maitrīpati� //
28: śrośa� puṇyātmaka� ā / ādeśapati� //
29: raśna� śܻ� ā / satyapati� //
31:... hormijdadatta� �
34:...ahuramajda� �
35: mājdaiasnī� �
46: � devadattasya �
54: � ahuramajda //
63: � hormijdasya � 69: � majdadatta� � 72: � jarathustrotimānāṃca //
XIX
1: apṛicchat jarathustra� ahuramajdāt // ahuramajda... ahuramajda� � ahuramajdatā � ahuramajdasthāna� � ahurmajdasya �
2: 쾱ṃc � āsīt ahuramajda // […]
3: � majdadattāyā� �
4: ta� abravīt ahuramajda� // � spitama jarathustra (= 6, 9, 12) […]
20: � ūⲹsya �
23: � hormijdāya / (x 2, = 35)
29: � hormijdasya � / � hormijdaԲ� � //
31: ya� hormijdāya sujīvani� / � hormijdasya � (= 34 x 2, 37)
34: � hormijda� � (= 35, 38)
36: yathā ٰ� spitamāya pañcanyāyīūٲ� / kila pañcasu nyāyeṣu madhye ūٲ� //
44: etacca vaco majdokta� /
50: � jarathustra� � (= 52)
51: � jarathustrīyāt // � jarathustrīye //
XX
1: � hormijdasya // (= 7)
XXI
1: � jarathustrasya �
4: ta� uvāca hormijda� // [...] 8: � hormijda� �
XXII
1: baresmanena �
2: ima� hūma� puṇyena uccairdatta� / […]
5: � hūmamata� �
6: apā� uttamānā� 貹� hūmīyā� // […]
8: � baresmanī� � //...mājdaiasnyā� //
11: � majdadattā� �
12: � śrośāsyaca �
13�14:...hūma�... //...majdadattā�... /...śrośadrūṇena... // ima� hūma� puṇyena uccairdatta� /
23:...majdadattā�... (= 31)
25: mihiro nivāsitāraṇya� / […]
26: sūryo '� ٱᲹī vegavadaśva� //
28: …majdadattā... mājdaiasnī //
29:...jarathustrīya� /...mājdaiasnāmi� / […]
XXIV
1: 峾a� ñԾa� hūme abhimantrayāmi //
2: ima� hūmaṃca miajdaṃca / bhojanadāna� // […] baresmanaṃca puṇyena parigrathita� // […]
5:...hūmamata� �
6: apā� uttamānā� apaśca hūmīyā� //
8:...baresmanī�... uttamāyā� mājdaiasnyā� //
10: […] viśvāśca vibhūtī� majdadattā� puṇyāt prakaṭāḥ //
12: śrośasya puṇyātԲ� / […] agneśca hormijdasya // […]
13: […] jarathustrasya s辱maputrasya puṇyātmano vṛiddheḥ� //
15�23: ima� hūmaṃca miajdaṃca (屹) viśvāśca vibhūtī� majdadattā� puṇyāt prakaṭāḥ // 30: � śrośadrūṇe...
XXV
2: ima� hūma� puṇyena uccairdatta� ā / […] 5:...hūmamata�...
6: apā� uttamānā� apaśca hūmīyā� ā // 9:...baresmanī�... // …mājdaiasnyā� / 11:...majdadattā�...
XXVI
2: …jarathuśtrotim(ān)āṃca //
3: …ahurmajdāt //
6: …hormijdāt�
10: …jarathustrasya�
15: jarathustrasya spitamaputrasya�
17: jarathustraputrasya�
XVIII
...jarathustra(�) /
1: …hormijdasya� (= 4b) 5b:...śrośanaparijñeya� / 6b:...jarathustro...
8: �saha mitrayāma� /
XXIX
2: …hormijda�
5:...hormijdasya...
5b: …hormijdāya...
8:...jarathustra� spitamaputra� //
9b:...jarathustrāya... (= 9c) 10c: […] jarathustro / […] MILLS 1912: v. 6: ásura�(-o), mahādeá� (= Ahura Mazdā)
v. 8b: jarateušṭra�(-s), s辱ma�(-ós) (= Zarathuštra)
XXX
1b:...hormijdasya / […] (= 4c, 8c)
3: […] hormijdaḥ� (= 3c, 4b)
5c: …hormijdāya... (x 2) 10c: hormijdeca dharmeca / […]
XXXI
2b:...hormijdasya... (x 2; = 6b)
2c: hormijdāt... hormijdācca...
6c: hormijdīya�... (= 19)
14b: […] hormijdāya �
21c: […] yo nijasya adṛiśyamūrte� 첹ṇ� ٰ� // 22c: sa te ñԾ 峾 ٰ� asti niveditatanu� / […]
XXXII
2:...ٰ峾...
4b: vadatā� devaٰٱ� ܳٳٲ� sīdayati Բ� / […]
5b: �-deva-
12:...ٰٲ...
XXXIII
2c:...mitratayā... (=10b) 5:...śrośa... 10c:...mitratayā...
13b:...ahuramajdasya..
14:... jarathustro � 14b:...ahuramajdāya...
XXXIV
4:...ahuramajda... 4c:...ahuramajda�...
XXXVI
XXXIX
1: � hormijda� /
XLI
12: …ahuramajda // (= 14)
22: […] � iajda� // 23: hormijdaṃca jarathustraṃca ā� 24:...majdadatta�...
30: hūmaṃca...
31: hūma�...
32: hūma� dūramṛityu� ā //
XLII
...hormijdasya... jarathustrasya... (= 1e, 3e, 8e, 9e, 11e, 14e, 16e)
2e:...jarathustrasya... (= 4e, 5e, 6e, 7e, 10e, 12e, 13e, 15e)
3d: […] hormijda� // (= 9c, 10e) 8:...jarathustro... (= 16) 8c:...hormijdasya...
12d: śrośa� puṇyātmā gustāspa� mahādātrā jarathustreṇa ṃmś� //
14: yo narāya mitrāya viśiṣṭajñānine � dadāti / […]
14d:...hormijda jarathustraṃ� 16:...mitrayāmi // (x 2, = 16b, c)
XLIII
1:...ٰ�
1d: eva� ⲹ� puṇyena ٰ� dadāma� sahakartāra� / […]
1e, closing:... jarathustrasya...hormijdasya... jarathustrasya... clos.ura (= 8e closing, 9e closing)
2e: […] bhuvanadvaye 'pi mitro ñԾa� /
2e closing:... jarathustrasya (= 3e, 4e closing, 5e closing, 6e closing, 7e closing, 10d closing, 11e closing, 12e closing, 13e closing, 14e closing, 15e closing, 17e closing, 19e closing) 3c: (ka�) sūrasya tārakāṇāṃca dadau 貹岹ī� / […] -candra 5:...śśDz�...
9d:...hormijdasya... 16d:...śrośasya... 16e:...śaośiosasya �
16e closing:...jarathustrasya.. hormijdasya 18d:...majda..
19b: […] jarathustrapratimāya //
20d closing:...hormijdasya // (= 20e closing)
XLIV
1c:...hormijdo... (= 4b)
1e closing:...jarathustrasia... hormijdasya (= 6e closing) 2b:...hormijda�...
2e closing:...jarathustrasya // (= 3e closing, 4e closing, 5e closing, 7e closing, 8e closing, 9e closing, 10e closing, 11e closing)
3:...hormijdasya... (= 4, 6b, 7, 8d)
4e: sarvajñāninī hormijdīyā / […]
5c:...śrośāya... (x2) 5e:...hormijde /
8b:...hormijdāt // (= 9b)
9c: hormijdarājya� samācarabdhi� asmabhya� dehi hormijda //
11e: mitro bhrātā 辱 vā hormijda� //
XLV
1: […] hormijda� śiṣyai� / […] (= 8e)
1e closing:...jarathustrasya // (= 2e closing, 3e closing, 4e closing, 6e closing, 7e closing, 8e closing, 9e closing,
10e, 10e closing, 11e closing, 12e closing,13e closing x2, 14e closing, 16e closing, 17e closing)
5b:...mitratayā �...maitrīvān //
5e closing:..jarathustrasya... hormijdasya //
6e:...hormijdasya/...śaośiośa�... (= 15d closing, 18e closing) 10c: […] ⲹ� jarathustrāya // […] 13:...spitamānvayāya jarathustrāya...
14a.b.: jarathustra kaste muktātmā mitro mahattvena / […] 14e: …spitamāt...
15:...śpitamāyā� //
15d:...hormijda� // 17c:...śrośadakṣiṇādānena //
19b: jarathustrasya... (x2)
XLVI
1d closing: …hormijdasya .
2d closing:...jarathustrasya //
3d closing:...jarathustrasya...hormijdasya // (= 4d closing, 5d closing)
XLVII
1:...ṃ�
4c:...ٰٱ�... 5d:...jarathustro�
7d:...hormijdasya //
XLVIII
3:...ٰ�...
5d:...hormijda / 12: /
XLIX
6b: mitratā�... jarathustro...
7: […] mitrasya...
10c:...ūⲹ�... 11d: …jarathustro...
L
11: ko ٰ� spitamajarathustrasya narāṇāṃ madhye 峾 //
12b: yat jarathustra� spitamāno 'ha� pramudito 'smi // 12c: ⲹ� me jātiśātakāle pracarati mitratā� // 14:...mitrasya... 15:...jarathustro� 17: mitro...
19:...spitamānasyaca� 20:...ٰٱṃ�
LI
14:...ܰ岹ⲹ�
LII
1:...jarathustrasya / […] 1b: spitamānasya...
2c:...jarathustraspitamānasya... 3b: …jarathustreṇa // 7d:...ٰٱ�...
LIII
1:...jarathustrīyābhya� //
LVI
śrośasya......yathāhuramajdābhilāṣa� / […]...jarathustrīyā�... hormijdanyāyavatīm / […]
1: śrośaṃ�
5: […] śrośāt // 7:...śrośa...
8: śrośa�... (= 10)
9:...śrośāt //
10:...hormijda�... 12:...jarathustrasya�
ADDENDA
2 2:...baresma...
3 2:...spitamaputro...jarathustra //
6 3:...majdaīasnānā�... 5:...śrośa�...
8 2: …hūma�...
5:...hūma� //
10 2: […] śrośa� pracaret / […] 3:...śrośaḥ� (= 8) 4: …hormijdasya...
13 5:...śrośa�... (= 6 x 2, 7)
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
I did not follow SPIEGEL’s transcription; I adopted the IAST one.