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worship and expounded in Afrân-vêg, and Medyokmâh received the religion from him. 4. The Möbadsof Pårs are all traced back to this race of Mánaskihar.
5. Again, I say, by Zaratust 8 were begotten three sons and three daughters 4; one son was I sadvâstar", one Adrvatad-nar", and one Khårshed-kthar?; as I sadvästar was chief of the priests he became the Môbad of Môbads, and passed away in the hundredth year of the religion ; Adrvatad-nar was an agriculturist, and the chief of the enclosure formed by Yimo, which is below the earth; Khørshed-kthar was a warrior, commander of the army of Peshyôtand, son of Vistasp, and dwells in Kangde28; and of the three daughters the name of one was Frên, of one Srit, and of one Pôrukist 9. 6. Aůrvatad-nar and Kharshed-kthar were from a serving (kakar) wife?o, the rest were from a privileged (pâdakhshah) wife.
1 Reading frâg yast; but it may be fråg gast, 'wandered forth.'
. The class of priests whose special duty is to perform all religious rites and ceremonies.
* This paragraph is quoted, with a few alterations, in the Vagarkard-i Dînîk, pp. 21-23
• K20 omits the 'three daughters' here, by mistake. • Av. Isad-vastra of Yas. XXIII, 4, XXVI, 17, Fravardin Yt. 98.
• Av. Urvatad-nara of Vend. II, 143, Fravardîn Yt. 98. Kao and M6 have Adrvartad-nar, and TD has Adrvâtad-nar.
7 Av. Hvare-kithra of Fravardîn Yt. 98; TD has Khûr-kihar.
8 See Chap. XXIX, 5. Windischmann and Justi consider the clause about Pêshyötand as inserted by mistake, and it is omitted in the Vagarkard-i Dînik (p. 21); it is found, however, in all MSS. of the Bundahis.
• These daughters are the Av. Freni, Thriti, and Pouru-kista of Fravardin Yt. 139; the last is also mentioned in Yas. LII, 3.
10 The following is a summary of the Persian descriptions of the five kinds of marriage, as given in the Rivậyats :
A pådshah ('ruling, or privileged ') wife is when a man marries,
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