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CHAPTER XXXI, 22-30.
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begotten. 26. Keresâspi and Adrvakhsh ? were both brothers. 27. Athrat s was son of Sâhm, son of Tarak, son of Spaênyasp, son of Darôshasp", son of Tug, son of Frêdan. 28. Lôharaspó was son of A dzâvo, son of Mânâs, son of Kal-Pisin?, son of Kat-Apivêh, son of Kal-Kavad. 29. By KalLôharåsp were Vistâsp, Zarir 8, and other brothers begotten; by Vistâsp were Spend-dâdo and Pêshyo tang 10 begotten; and by Spend-dåd were Vohûman", Åtarô-tarsah, Mitrô-tarsah, and others begotten.
30. Artakhshatar descendant of Pâpak-of whom his mother was daughter-was son of Sâsân 12, son of
Av. Keres&spa of Yas. IX, 31, 36, 39, Vend. I, 36, Âbân Yt. 37, Fravardin Yt. 61, 136, Râm Yt. 27, Zamyâd Yt. 38–44, Âf. Zarat. 3; he is called Garsasp in the Shâhnâmah.
Av. Urvakhshaya of Yas. IX, 31, Råm Yt. 28, Āf. Zarat. 3. These brothers were sons of Thrita or Athrat, mentioned in the next §.
: Av. Thrita of the Sama race (see Yas. IX, 30, Vend. XX, 11) and father of Keresâspa, whose genealogy is given in a passage interpolated in some copies of the Shâhnâmah as follows: Garsasp, Atrat, Sam, TQrag, Sidasb, Tar, Jamshed. • Written Därôshap in TD, both here and in $ 14.
Av. Aurvad-aspa of âbân Yt. 105, Vistâsp Yt. 34, 46, called Luhrasp in the Shâhnâmah.
* Reading doubtful.
? Written Ka-Pisin here, but he is the same person as KafPisân of $ 25; the latter part of the name is written both Pisanangh and Pisina in the Avesta.
8 Probably Zargar (being Av. Zairivairi of Âbån Yt. 113, 117, Fravardin Yt. 101), but called Zarîr in the Shâhnâmah.
Av. Spentô-dáta of Fravardîn Yt. 103, Vistâsp Yt. 25, called Isfendiyâr in the Shâhnâmah.
10 See Chaps. XXIX, 5, XXXII, 5.
11 Called Bahman in the Shâhnâmah, and Ardashîr the Kayânian in Bahman Yt. II, 17; the successor of his grandfather Vistâsp (see Chap. XXXIV, 8).
13 The text is rather obscure, but the Kârnâmak of Ardashîr-i Pâpakan states clearly that Ardashîr was son of Sâsân by the
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