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of Sôshyans. 4. And all those of the primitive faith rely upon these six teachings, and there are some who rely more weakly and some more strongly upon some of them. 146, VI, 9, VII, 6, 61, 93, 136, VIII, 48, 64, 110, 250, IX, 132, XIII, 99, XIV, 14, 37, XIX, 84, Pahl. Yas. LXIV, 37, once in Farh. Okh., and thirty-eight times in the Nîrangistân.
Both MSS. have three,' although four teachings and six commentators are mentioned in the previous section, and a fifth
teaching' is mentioned in Chap. II, 2. The original reading was more probably six' than 'four,' as a Pahlavi 'six' requires merely the omission of a cipher to become 'three,' whereas a Pahlavi 'four' must be altered to produce the same blunder.
Several other commentators are mentioned in Pahlavi books, such as Âtaro-pâd, son of Dâd-farukh, twice in the Nîrangistân; Azâdmard nine times in Nîr.; Barôshand Adharmazd once in Nîr.; Dâd Adharmazd in B. Yt. I, 7, III, 16, Pahl. Yas. X, 57, XI, 22; Dâdfarukh in Pahl. Vend. V, 112, VI, 64, and twice in Nîr.; Dâd-i-vêh seventeen times in Nîr.; Farukho thrice in Nîr.; Kîrâtano-bagêd in Pahl. Vend. V, 80, VI, 15, IX, 184, XIII, 20, he is called the Kirmânîk in Pahl. Vend. IV, 35, and Dastûr Hoshangji thinks his name is merely a variant of the next; Kashtano-bůgêd in Sls. II, 57, 81, 118, VI, 6, VIII, 17, Pahl. Vend. III, 64, 69, IV, 6, V, 48, VI, 53, 64, 73, VIII, 28, XVI, 17, 21, 22, 27, and twenty-two times in Nir. : Mâh-Adharmazd in Pahl. Vend. VII, 82; Mâh-gôsaspo, Mâhgôsôspõ, Mâh-gôspo, or Mâh-vasp in Pahl. Yas. IX, 33, Pahl. Vend. III, 138, and ten times in Nîr.; Mâhvand-dâd or Mâh-vindad in B. Yt. III, 3, Pahl. Yas. IX, 33, X, 57, XI, 22, XIX, 27; Mard-bad in Sls. II, 86, and twice in Nîr., where he is called the son of Dadgun; Nêryôsang in Sls. VIII, 13, Pahl. Vend. V, 22; Nikhshapühar, or Nîshapühar in Pahl. Vend. III, 151, V, 112, VI, 71, VIII, 64, XVI, 10, 17, AV.I, 35, and twenty-four times in Nîr.; Nôsâì Bürz-Mitrô in Sls. VIII, 18; Parîk or Pîrîk in Pahl. Vend. III, 138, V, 14, 134, VII, 82, 93, VIII, 64, and once in Nîr.; Rôshan or Roshano (which, as the Sikand-gümânî states, was the name of a commentary written by Rôshan son of Âtarô-frôbâg) in Sls. II, 39, 86, 107, B. Yt. III, 3, Pahl. Yas. IX, 5, 14, Pahl. Vend. III, 48, V, 112, 134, 176, VII, 93, XVII, 11, and eleven times in Nîr.; disciples of Vakht-ásrîdo (possibly the Bakht-afrîd of Sls. XX, 11, B.Yt. I, 7) are mentioned once in Nîr.; Vand-Adharmazd in Sls. II, 2, 6, 44, XIV, 5, Pahl. Vend. VI, 73; and Véh-dôst once in
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