98: The Lunar, or Barhishad Pitris have the following function:—S. D., II, 99.
1. They are the Ancestors of Man.—S. D., II, 107.
2. They are the Fashioners of his form.
3. They possessed the physical creative fire.
4. They could only clothe the human monads.
5. They could not make man in their likeness.
6. They could not give him mind.—S. D., II, 82.
7. They build his external form.
8. They give the lower principle.—S. D., II, 92.