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CHAPTER XXII, 2–7.
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of steel, and two of crystal (auginakino); the restraining of the many Mâzônik demons' who are the ruin of the world, and confining them to their own duty; the arrival at those dwellings of his, and the swift winding (vâfinidano) around those dwellings, of a person whose strength is overpowered by decrepitude, and the approach of whose life to departure from the body has taken place; the reduction (khasâni-hastano) of the decrepitude thereby, and the return of his strength and manhood, that is, a command is given by him thus : 'Keep no people away. at the door!' and he might make a domestic of fifteen years of age.
5. Afterwards, the consultation of the demons about the death of Kâi-Us, and the coming of Aeshm to Kai-Us, approving his death, and, therefore, making him wretched in his mind about the great sovereignty which was possessed by him over the seven lands, and causing him to long for the sovereignty of the heavenly region (à sâmâno gas) of the archangels 3 6. And, owing to the seductiveness of Aeshm, and the other demons who remained his co-operators for that undoing, Kaf-Us was even engaged in opposing and molesting the sacred beings. 7. Also his not returning across Albâr'2, but rushing upwards, with many demons and wicked people, unto the outer edge of darkness *;
1 Av. Mâzainya daeva, the idolators of Mâzendarân.
The demon of wrath (see Bk. VIII, Chap. IX, 3 n). • $8 5-9 are evidently a summary of the original form of the legend of Kâvûs's attempt to reach the sky, otherwise described in the Shâhnâmah.
Where the endless light commences. Reading par-i tom; or it might be to the utmost,' if we read frêtum as equivalent to frehtům.
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| SR No. | 007672 |
| Book Title | Zend Avesta Part 02 |
| 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 |