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dred; to the streets of the smallest part, three hundred1. That Vara thou shalt seal up with thy golden seal, and thou shalt make a door, and a window self-shining within.'
31 (93). Then Yima said within himself: 'How shall I manage to make that Vara which Ahura Mazda has commanded me to make?'
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And Ahura Mazda said unto Yima: 'O fair Yima, son of Vivanghat! Crush the earth with a stamp of thy heel, and then knead it with thy hands, as the potter does when kneading the potter's clay "'
[32. And Yima did as Ahura Mazda wished; he crushed the earth with a stamp of his heel, he kneaded it with his hands, as the potter does when kneading the potter's clay3.]
33 (97). And Yima made a Vara, long as a ridingground on side of the square. There he every brought the seeds of sheep and oxen, of men, of dogs, of birds, and of red blazing fires. . He made a Vara, long as a riding-ground on every side of the square, to be an abode for men; a Vara, long as a riding-ground on every side of the square, for oxen and sheep.
34 (101). There he made waters flow in a bed a hâthra long; there he settled birds, on the green that never fades, with food that never fails. There
1 This division of the Var into three quarters very likely answers the distinction of the three classes.
In the Shâh Nâmah Gamshîd teaches the Divs to make and knead clay by mixing the earth with water;' and they build palaces at his bidding. It was his renown, both as a wise king and a great builder, that caused the Musulmans to identify him with Solomon.
From the Vendîdâd Sâda.
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