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SIKAND-GÛMÂNİK VIGÂR.
134. Just as a substance which is not moving can exist, (135) but movement, except in a substance, cannot exist.
136. About this chapter, too, collected as a summary, (137) do you reverently and discreetly observe and instruct thereon.
CHAPTER IX. 1. Other information about the existence of the competitor, similarly testified by the Dinkardmanuscript (nipik), is here well noted for you. 2. For both this which is written above and that which is written here are all grown from the seed which the glorified Åtûr-pâdiyâvand sowed, (3) and from the original thanksgiving (spâs) of the supremely learned Atûr-frôbag, son of Farukh-zâd, himself.
4. The fourths subject, which is from the Dinkard, is about the existence of an opponent of the creatures and of an opponent earlier than the creatures, and is from the exposition of the good religion *.
• Assuming that Pâz. dâramaiha (Sans. sûkshmataya) is a misreading of Pahl. garâmîkiha. It would more easily be a misreading of sharmakîhâ, 'modestly, but this term seems rather less likely to be applied by the author to his readers.
? See Chap. IV, 106, 107 for the names in these $$ 1, 2.
8 Assuming that Pâz. ard ium (Sans. balishtho me) is a misreading of Pahl. arbâ ûm. The first subject (see Chap. II, 1) consisted of the three questions of Mitrô-aîyyâr discussed in Chaps. II-IV. The second subject, about the existence of God, is contained in Chaps. V, VI. And the third subject, about the existence of an evil spirit competing with the creator, is debated in Chaps. VII, VIII.
4 The third book of the Dînkard, which treats of a multitude of subjects from the exposition of the good religion,' does not appear
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