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CHAPTER XXVIII, 23-35.
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does not consume it, and does not give to any one; as it says, that the power of the demon Az is owing to that person who, not content with his own wife, snatches away even those of others.
29. The demon Nas' is he who causes the pollution and contamination (nisrûstih), which they call nasai (dead matter '). 30. The demon Friftâr (* deceiver') is he who seduces mankind. 31. The demon Spazg 2 (slander') is he who brings and conveys discourse (milaya), and it is nothing in appearance such as he says; and he shows that mankind fights and apologizes (avakh shinêd), individual with individual. 32. The demon Arâst 3 (ʻuntrue') is he who speaks falsehood. 33. The demon Aighâsho is the malignant-eyed fiend who smites mankind with his eye. 34. The demon Bats is he whom they worship among the Hindûs, and his growth is lodged in idols, as one worships the horse as an idole. 35. Astô-vidad is the evil flyer (vâê-i saritar) who seizes the life ; as it says that, when
Av. Nasu of Vend. V, 85-106, VI, 65, 72, 74, 79, VII, 2-27, 70, VIII, 46, 48, 132–228, IX, 49–117, &c.
2 Av. spazga of Ardabahist Yt. 8, 11, 15. 8 Always written like anâst.
• Av. aghashi of Vend. XX, 14, 20, 24, which appears to be 'the evil eye ;' but see $ 36.
Av. Bditi of Vend. XIX, 4, 6, 140, who must be identified with Pers. but,' an idol,' Sans. bhūta, a goblin,' and not with Buddha.
• Reading afas vakhsh pavan bûtîhâ mâhmâně, kîgan bât a sp parastêdo, which evidently admits of many variations, but the meaning is rather obscure.
Here written Astî-vîdad (see Chap. III, 21). Vend. V, 25, 31 says, " Astô-vidhôtu binds him (the dying man); Vayô (the flying demon) conveys him bound ;' from which it would appear that Astô-vîdad and the evil flyer' were originally considered as distinct demons.
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