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CHAPTER XXVII, 13-28.
grown, was this, (22) that the accursed evil one, the wicked, was kept by him thirty years as a charger 1. 23. And the writing of penmanship of seven kinds, which that wicked one kept in concealment, he brought out to publicity.
24. “The advantage from the well-flocked Yimshed?, son of Vivangha, was this, (25) that an immortality of six hundred years, six months, and sixteen days 3 is provided by him for the creatures and creation, of every kind, of the creator Adharmazd; (26) and they are made unsuffering, undecaying, and undisturbed 4 (27) Secondly, this ", that the enclosure formed by Yim was made by him ; (28) and when that rain of Malkôs? occurssince it is declared in revelation that mankind and
is said to have been a great-grandson of Hôshầng, whom he succeeded on the throne, and to have reigned thirty years (see Bd. XXXI, 2, XXXIV, 4). Written Takhmôrîdo in TD2. | 1 See Râm Yt. 12, Zamyad Yt. 29.
9 Av. Yima khshaêta, Yim the spendid;' he was a brother of his predecessor, Tâkhmorup, and the Bundahis states that he reigned six hundred and sixteen years and six months in glory, and one hundred years in concealment (see Chap. VIII, 27, Bd. XXXI, 3, XXXIV, 4).
* TD2 has only three hundred years,' by the accidental omission of a cipher; it also omits the months and days.
* See Vend. II, 16, Râm Yt. 16, Zamyad it. 33. o L19 has this advantage.
• See Chap. LXII, 15-19. The formation of this enclosure is ordered by Adharmasd in Vend. II, 61-92, for the preservation of mankind, animals, and plants from the effects of a glacial epoch which he foretells, and which is here represented as the rain of Malkos. ? This term for 'deluging rain' may be traced either to Chald.
autumnal rain,' or to Av, mahrkûsê, the title of a demon regarding whom nothing is yet known (see Dd. XXXVII, 94 n and SBE, vol. xviii, p. 479).
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| SR No. | 007677 |
| Book Title | Saddharma Pundarika |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | H Kern |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1884 |
| Total Pages | 2546 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 46 MB |