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YASTS AND SÎRÔZAHS.
We worship the Fravashi of the holy Aghraêratha, the demi-man".
We worship the Fravashi of the holy Manuskithra, the son of Airyu?.
132. We worship the Fravashi of the holy king Kavâta 3;
We worship the Fravashi of the holy king Aipivanghu";
We worship the Fravashi of the holy king Usadhano;
We worship the Fravashi of the holy king Arshan;
We worship the Fravashi of the holy king Pisanaho;
We worship the Fravashi of the holy king Byârshano;
We worship the Fravashi of the holy king Syâvarshane;
We worship the Fravashi of the holy king Husravah;
133. For the well-shapened Strength?, for the Victory made by Ahura, for the crushing Ascendant; for the righteousness of the law, for the innocence of
1 See above, p. 114, note 7 (Yt. IX, 18).
* Airyu, the youngest of the three sons of Thraêtaona (see p. 61, note 1), was killed by his brothers and avenged by his son Manuskithra, who succeeded Thraêtaona.
* Kavâta, Kai Qobâd in the Shâh Nâmah, an adoptive son to Uzava, according to Bund. XXXI, 24.
4 Kaî-Apîveh in the Bundahis; he was the son of Kai Qobâd.
o Usadhan, Arshan, Pisanah, and Byârshan were the four sons of Aipivanghu; they are called in Firdausi Kai Kaus, Kai Arish, Kai Pashîn, and Kai Armîn. Kai Kaus alone came to the throne.
Syâvakhsh and Khosrav; see above, p. 64, note 1. .? To become possessed of Strength, Victory, &c., as Husravah did.
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