Questions of King Milinda Part 02

SR No.: 007682
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: T W Rhys Davids
Publisher: Oxford
Publication Year: 1894
Total Pages: 2240
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 38 MB

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CHAPTER XIII, 2-8.
ment of the creatures, upon Hôshâng the Pêsdâdian'. 6. A report of the lineage of Hôshâng, who was the first, and Tâkhmô-rupô2 who was the second ruler of the seven regions; and an enumeration of reports of lineage from the original creation even unto Yim3. 7. A report of the lineage of Yim, the third ruler of the seven regions; information as to his period, and the progress (sakisno) of time from the original creation till the end of the reign of Yim.
8. A report of the ill-informed evil ruler of the seven regions, Dahâk; his lineage back to Taz", the brother of Hôshâng and father of the Tâziks (Arabs); information as to him and his period, the progress of time from the end of the good reign of Yim till the end of the evil reign of Dahâk, and the lineage from Yim as far as Frêdûn.
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' This 'Hôshâng of the early law,' Av. Haoshyanghô paradhâtô, is considered to have been the great-grandson of Mashya and first monarch of the world, being the founder of the Pêsdâdian dynasty (see Bd. XV, 28, XXXI, 1, XXXIV, 3, 4).
• Here written Tâkhmô-rípô, Av. Takhmô-urupa; the greatgrandson and successor of Hôshâng (see Bd. XXXI, 2, 3, XXXIV, 4).
Av. Yimô khshaêtô, the Gamshêd of the Shâhnâmah; the brother and successor of Tâkhmô-rupô (see Bd. XXXI, 3-5, XXXIV, 4).
Also called Az-î Dahâk, Av. axis dahâkô, 'destructive serpent,' a name applied to a foreign dynasty, considered as a single king who conquered Yim and succeeded him, being traditionally his third cousin once removed (see Bd. XXXI, 5, 6, XXXIV, 5). Further details are given in Bk. IX, Chap. XXI, 1-13. Dahâk was the last ruler of all the seven regions, excepting Kâî-Us.
See Bd. XV, 26-28.
Av. Thraêtaono, son of Athwyo, and, traditionally, the ninth in descent from Yim (see Bd. XXXI, 7, 8); nine generations being assumed necessary to allow for the thousand years' reign of the Dahak dynasty which he put an end to. His rule was confined to the central region of Khvanîras.
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