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were all brothers. 4. From Yim and Yimak!, who was his sister, was born a pair, man and woman, and they became husband and wife together; Mirak the Åspiyån ? and Ziyânak Zardâhim were their names, and the lineage went on. 5. Spitür was he who, with Dahák, cut up Yim 3; Narsih* lived then. also, whom they call Nêsr-gyâvân; they say that such destiny (gadman) is allotted to him, that he shall pass every day in troubles, and shall make all food purified and pure.
6. Dahâk 8 was son of Khratåsp, son of Zainigâv,
the departed soul against its sins. Neither word is, however, quite certain, as rashnûk may stand for rasnik, spear,' and has also been translated by 'light' and 'hero;' Kino, moreover, was probably not China, but Samarkand (see Chaps. XII, 13, 22, XV, 29).
* See Chap. XXIII, 1.
* Av. Ấthwyana of Âhân Yt. 33, G3 it. 13, Fravardin Yt. 135, Zamyad Yt. 36, &c., where it is the family name of Thraêtaona, who is said to be a son of Âthwya in Yas. IX, 23, 24. In the text this name seems to be used rather as a title than a patronymic, and in $ 7 it appears to be a family surname.
As stated in Zamyâd Yt. 46. • Here written Nårsak in K20 and K20b, and Nosih in TD. 6 TD has together,' instead of then.'
. So in K20, but K20b has Narst-gyâvân, and TD has Nósihviyavânik (or niyâzânîk). Perhaps we may assume the epithet to have been nigir-vîyâvå nik (or nîyâ zânîk), one with a bewildering (or longing) glance.
? Justi supposes this clause of the sentence refers to Yim and the disease which attacked his hand. If this be the case it may be translated as follows : "they say aîghash is produced on his hand (yadman), so that,' &c.; aîghash being a disease, or evil, mentioned in Vend. XX, 14, 20, 24; compare Chap. XXVIII, 33.
• Or As-i Dahâk, the Av. Azi Dahâka, destructive serpent,' of Yas. IX, 25, Vend. I, 69, âbân Yt. 29, 34, Bahram Yt. 40, Zamyâd YL 46-50. A name applied to a foreign dynasty (probably Semitic) personified as a single king, which conquered the dominions of Yim (see Chap. XXXIV, 5).
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