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CHAPTER LXI, 7-LXII, 18.
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place lies the body of Sâhm ? 5. Where is the abode of Srôsh ? 6. In what place stands the threelegged ass ? 7. Where is the Hôm grown, the preparer of the dead, with which they restore the dead and produce the future existence ? 8. In which place is 2 Gôpaîtôshah ? 9. With what work is the Kar fish intrusted ? 10. Where has the griffon bird a nest (âsîyân) 3 ? 11. In what place sits Kinâmrôs, and what is his work?'
12. The spirit of wisdom answered (13) thus : Kangdez4 is intrusted with the eastern quarter, near to Satavâyês 5, (14) on the frontier of Airân-vêgô 6.
15. ‘The enclosure formed by Yim? is constructed in Aîrân-vêgô, below the earth 8. 16. And every species and seed of all the creatures and creations of Adharmazd, the lord, whatever is better and more select of man and beast of burden, of cattle and flying creatures is brought thither! 17. And every forty years one child is born from one woman and one man 10 who are of that place; (18) their life,
1 L19 has remains.'
2 L19 has remains.' L19 has a resting-place. See Chap. XXVII, 58, 62. * Av. Sata vaêsa, the western leader of the stars and special opponent of the planet Anâhîd (Venus), which may, perhaps, be identified with Antares (see Bd. II, 7, V, 1), though Geiger (Ost. Kul. p. 313) thinks Vega more probable. It also protects the southern seas, and its name is applied to the gulf of 'Umân in that direction (see Bd. XIII, 9–13, Zs. VI, 16, 18). But its connection with the east, as implied in our text, requires explanation, and throws some doubt upon the reading.
6 See Chap. XLIV, 17-23. See Chap. XXVII, 27-31.
8 So stated in Bd. XXXII, 5, and probably meaning that its position could no longer be discovered on earth. Bd. XXIX, 14 states that it is in the middle of Pârs, below Mount Yimakân.
See Vend. II, 106-113. 10 Perhaps we should understand 'from each woman and each
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