Except by Battle: Zoroastrian Cosmogony in the 1st Chapter of the Greater Bundahishn (original) (raw)

2003, Religious themes and texts in pre-Islamic Central Asia (FS Gnoli)

Except by battle: Zoroastrian cosmogony in the lst chapter ofthe Greater Bundahisn 43 5. U-san ciyonih gowom. 6. Nazdist asman dad rosn-paydagih, "'1er diir ud *xayag-des, *xwenahan i ast pr almast, i nar, us sar be 6 asar rosn paywast. Us dam hamag andaron i asmiin be dad awahan homanag, drubust le-s har abziir i pad koxsisn andar abiiyed ""'1aron nihad ested, ayab man homanag le har tis andar maned. Fragan bun i asmiin cand-is pahnay an-is drahnay, iand-ii drahnay an-is *biilay 0 ud *cand ii *balay 0 an-is *zaha hamog-handaz. 6a. * Xiib-siin warzwar homanag me lÙSIU5mand, gowisnomand, kunisnomand iuJ agah, abzonig, wizidar menog asmiin. Us *padirift drubustih az Gan lliig Menog kii abaz dwaristan ne hist. Oyon gurd i artestar ke + zreh-ew pay ,nijxt ested kii abebimiha az kiirezar *bozed menog r asman asman edon diired. 6b. Us dad o ayarih i asmiin *urwahmanrh. Ce-s urwahmanih padis friiz brehenid ke niin-iz andar gumezagih diim pad urwahmanih andar ested.