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CHAPTER III, 47-55.
accept it unwillingly the law and religion ever destroy him till it is the end of the whole millennium.
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52. And, afterwards, when the millennium of Hûshêdar-mâh comes, through Hushêdar-mâh 2 the creatures become more progressive, and he utterly destroys the fiend of serpent origin 3; and Pêshyôtanû son of Vistâsp becomes, in like manner, highpriest and primate (rad) of the world. 53. In that millennium of Hushêdar-mâh mankind become so versed in medicine, and keep and bring physic and remedies so much in use, that when they are confessedly at the point of death they do not thereupon die, nor when they smite and slay them with the sword and knife ".
54. 'Afterwards, one begs a gift of any description out of the allowance of heretics, and owing to depravity and heresy they do not give it. 55. And Aharman rises through that spite on to the moun
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1 This appears to be the meaning, but the latter part of the sentence is not very clear.
* See Bund. XXXII, 8. The name is written Khurshed-mâh in Kao. The Dînkard gives the same account of the miraculous birth of Hushêdar-mâh as of the first Hûshêdar (see note on § 43); it also repeats the legend of the sun standing still, but for the longer period of twenty days; all which details are also found in the Persian Rivâyats.
Av. azikithra; such creatures are mentioned in Ardavahist Yt. 8, 10, 11, 15; but As-i Dahâk, 'the destructive serpent,' is probably meant here (see §§ 56-61).
As in the previous millennium. According to the chronology deduced from § 44 the millennium of Hûshêdar-mâh, which corresponds to the twelfth and last millennium of Bund. XXXIV, is now near the middle of its third century.
The sentence is either defective or obscure, but this appears to be its meaning.
• The evil spirit is encouraged, by an act of religious toleration, apparently, to recommence his manoeuvres for injuring mankind.
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