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CHAPTER VII, II-VIII, 2.
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fountain of the sea. 15. And at its north side? two rivers flowed out, and went one to the east and one to the west ; they are the Arag river and the Vêh river; as it is said thus: Through those fingerbreadth tricklings do thou pour and draw forth two such waters, O Adharmazd!' 16. Both those rivers wind about through all the extremities of the earth, and intermingle again with the water of the wideformed ocean. 17. As those two rivers flowed out, and from the same place of origin as theirs, eighteen 2 navigable rivers flowed out, and after the other waters have flowed out from those navigable streams they all flow back to the Arag: river and Vêh river, whose fertilization (kh våpardârih) of the world arises therefrom.
CHAPTER VIII. o. On the conflict which the evil spirit waged with
the earth. 1. As the evil spirit rushed in, the earth shook, and the substance of mountains was created in the earth. 2. First, Mount Albůrz arose; afterwards,
1 Probably meaning the north side of the Arêdvîvsûr fountain of the sea, which is said to be on the lofty Hagar, a portion of Albars, from the northern side of which these two semi-mythical rivers are said to flow (see Chaps. XII, 5, XX, 1).
See Chap. XX, 2. · Here written Arêng, but the usual Pahlavi reading is Arag; the nasal of the Av. Rangha being generally, omitted in Pahlavi, as other nasals are sometimes; thus we often find sag for sang, stone.
• The word gudnîd is a transposition of gundîd, a graphical variant of gunbid, 'shook.'
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| SR No. | 007671 |
| Book Title | Zend Avesta Part 01 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | James Darmesteter |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1895 |
| Total Pages | 2695 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 49 MB |