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CHAPTER XC, 3-6.
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one is Gopatshah 1; and one is Peshyôtand ?, who is called after the Kitravôko-miyâno 8.
4. The reign of Gôpatshah is over the land of Gôpatõ4, coterminous with Afrân-vêg, on the bank (bar) of the water of the Daftth e; and he keeps watch over the ox Hadhayās", through whom occurs the complete perfection of primitive man. 5. The reign of Peshyôtand is in Kangdes', and he resides in the illustrious Kangdez which the noble Siyavash 10 formed through his glory, he who is called the erratic youth 11 of the illustrious Kayânians. 6. And through his powerful spirit arose increase of cultivation and the ruler Kai-Khûsrôi 12 among the highest of the mountains in the countries of
Either a title or son of Aghrerad, brother of Frâsîyâv of Tar (see Bd. XXIX, 5, XXXI, 20-22). He is a righteous minotaur according to Mkh. LXII, 31-36.
* Here written PatshấyÔtanů, but he is the Peshyôtanů of Chap. XXXVII, 36.
• The Katru-mîyan river in Kangdes (see Bd. XX, 31).
• Which is a non-Aryan country according to Dk., but Bd. (XXIX, 5) calls it'the land of the Saukavastân,' and Mkh. (XLIV, 24-35, LXII, 31) places Gôpatshah in Aîrân-vêg.
• See Chap. XXI, 2.
• Av. Daitya, a river which Aows out of Aîrân-vêg (see Bd. XX, 13).
? See Chap. XXXVII, 99.
* Referring either to the complete peopling of the earth by emi- • gration on the back of this ox in ancient times, or to the immortality produced at the resurrection by tasting an elixir, of which the fat of this ox is one of the ingredients.
A settlement east of Persia formed, or fortified, by Siyavash (see Bd. XXIX, 10, Byt. III, 25).
10 See Chap. XXXVII, 36.
11 Or kang-i raftâr may mean jaunty youth;' but it is evidently an attempt to account for the name Kangdes as the fortress of the kang ("youth”).'
" The son of Sîyâvash (see Chap. XXXVI, 3, Bd. XXXI, 35).
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