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archangels, together with many miracles. 66. And a greatness in power which is not the destiny of worldly existences was theirs who saw him of the vehement guardian spirit. 67. And Kai Spenddâdi and Zargar? and other royal sons (zâdak), instigating the many conflicts and shedding the blood of those of the realm, accepted the religion as a yoke 5, (68) while they even wandered to Arûm and the Hindus, outside the realm, in propagating the religion.
69. Owing to progress onwards it came in succession to the descendants of the divinities 5, the rulers who were those of the Kayân race who were exalted ones. 70. And still onwards even until the achievement with melted metal pouring upon the chest of the glorified Âtar-pâde, son of Mâraspend, in the reign of that divinity (bagh). Shâhpûr, the king of kings who was the son of Adharmazd?, in a controversy with apostates of different species of many kinds. 71. He was preserved from those most
* Misread Spudâkht by Nêr. He was a son of Kaî Gustâsp, and called Spentô-data in the Avesta, and Isfendiyâr in Persian,
Av. Zairivairi, Pers. Zarîr, a brother of Kaî Gustâsp (see Bd. XXXI, 29).
8 Literally for the neck,' assuming that Pâz. 8-ka ôi is an erroneous reading of Pahl. val ka varman, as in Mkh. XXXIX, 30.
• Asia Minor was so called from having been a portion of the Roman empire in Sasanian times.
o Pâz. bayã nã (Sans. mahat) is evidently a misreading of Pahl. bagânân, a term referring to the Sasanian kings who adopted the title of bagî, divinity,' in their inscriptions (see also $ 70), and claimed to be descended from the old dynasty of Kayân kings.
• The supreme high-priest and prime minister of king Shâhpûr II (A.D. 309-379), who underwent the ordeal of melted metal for the sake of proving the truth of the religion.
King Adharmasd II (A.D. 300-309).
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