Zend Avesta Part 02

SR No.: 007672
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: James Darmesteter
Publisher: Oxford
Publication Year: 1883
Total Pages: 2221
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 41 MB

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CHAPTER XVI, 11-19.
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tries. 15. Pêhshôtand", son of Vistâsp, is in Kangdez 2 the hundred-moated (sad-gandak), wherein there are a myriad spears (drafsh), those of the exalted who wear black marten fur, who are righteous listeners of the religion, out of the retinue (akharin) of Pêhshôtand, son of Vistâsp. 16. Frâdakhshto, son of the mortal Khâmbiks 4, who is predominant on the waters flowing in channels. 17. Ashavâzd, son of Pôrûdakhshto 5, who is predominant over the most manifest among uplands, the plain of Pêsinâs 6. 18. Barâzak ? the causer of strife. 19. 'And the eighth Kayân & who was renowned, O Viståsp! it is
within the countries of Irân;' and Mkh, makes Gôpaîtò a chief of Aîrân-vég.
1 Av. Peshôtanu, commonly written Pêshyôtand in Pahlavi.
• A fortified settlement, to the east of Irân (see Bd. XXIX, 10), formed by Sîyâvakhsh (see Bk. VIII, Chap. XIII, 14) who was first cousin of Vistasp's great-grandfather (see Bd. XXXI, 25, 28, 29).
& Who are expected to be led into Irân by Pêhshôtanû in future times, when he is summoned by the angels to restore religion to the world after the conflict of the nations (see Byt. III, 25-42).
K has Frâdakhshto, son of Khâmbik the son of Hôshầng.' He was evidently the Fradhâkhsti Khuibya of Yt. XIII, 138, who might have been considered as a descendant of the Haoshyangha mentioned before him in Yt. XIII.
Av. Ashavazdangh Pourudhakhstayana of Yt. V, 72, XIII, 112.
• Said to be in Kavulistân where Sama Keres&spa lies asleep till summoned to kill Dahâk in the latter times (see Bd. XXIX, 7, 11; Byt. III, 59-61). It may be connected with the vairi Pisanangh of Yt. V, 37, where Keresâspa offered sacrifice, and with the Pisîn valley south-east of Qandahår; but Chap. XXI, 20 seems to place it between Mâzendarân and Irân, and Mkh. LXII, 20 also describes it as near Mount Dimâvand. Its name is variously written Pêsinas, Pesânsih, Pêsyansaî, Pêsândas, Pêsânîgas, &c.
? Possibly Av. Varâza of Yt. XIII, 101.
. Kavi Haosravangh (Kai-Khusrði) is the eighth and last in the list of Kavis, or Kayâns, in Yt. XIII, 132; and was celebrated for
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