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vâr, and scattered ruin and want among them, Aghrêrad begged a favour of God (yazdân), and he obtained the benefit that the army and champions of the Iranians were saved by him from that distress. 22. Frâsiyâv slew Aghrêrad for that fault; and Aghrêrad, as his recompense, begat such a son as Gôpatshah.
23. Adzôbô the Tahmâspian?, Kanak-i Barzist, Arawisanasp, and Vaêtand-i Râghinoid were the three sons and the daughter of Agâimasvåk , the son of Nôdar, son of Manûskihar, who begat Aůzôbô. 24. Kavådt was a child in a waist-cloth (kuspad); they abandoned him on a river, and he froze upon the door-sills (kavâdakân); Adzôbô perceived and took him, brought him up, and settled the name of the trembling child.
25. By Kavad was Kai-Apivêh begotten; by Kat-Apivêh were Kal-Arsh, Kat-Vyârsh, Kat-Pisân, and Kal-Kâds begotten; by Kal-Kâds was Siyâvakhsh begotten; by Siyavakhsh was Kal-Khûsrôb 6
The mountains south of the Caspian (see Chap. XII, 17). . Av. Uzava Tamáspana of Fravardin Yt. 131, called Zav, or Zab, son of Tahmâsp, in the Shahnâmah.
None of these names, which TD gives in Pâzand, are to be found in the portion of the Avesta yet extant.
Av. Kavi Kavâta of Fravardîn Yt. 132, Zamyâd Yt. 71, called Kai-Qubad in the Shahnamah. There appears to be an attempt, in the text, to derive his name from the door-sill' on which he is said to have been found.
The Avesta names of these seven other Kayâns are, respectively, Kavi Aipi-vanghu, Kavi Arshan, Kavi Byârshân, Kavi Pisanangh, Kavi Usadhan, Kavi Syavarshân, and Kavi Husravangh (see Fravardin Yt. 132, Zamyâd Yt. 71, 74); omitting the third, they are called, respectively, Armîn, Aris, Pasîn, Kaf-Kâvûs, Siyâvush, and. Kaî.Khusrô in the Shâhnâmah. TD, omitting the first letter, has Sâno for Pisân; it also writes Kaî-Kâyüks and Kaî-Khusrovî.
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