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passed on through it; and its first channel was up to the ankle 1, the second up to the knee, the third up to the parting of the two thighs, and the fourth up to the neck. 7. This was an indicator that his religion comes four times to supremacy; the manifestations of which are through Zaratûst, Aashêdar, AQshêdar-mâh, and Sôshåns 2
8. When he came up from the water, and put on his clothes, he then saw the archangel Vohûmano 3 in the form (âyûinako) of a man, handsome, brilliant, and elegant, who wore his hair curve-tailed “, because the curved tail is an indication of duality; who had put on and wore a dress like silk, than which there was no making anything superior, for it was light itself; and his height was nine times as much as that of Zaratûst.
9. He also enquired of Zaratû st 5 thus : Who mayst thou be, and from whom of them mayst thou be ? also what is mostly thy desire, and the endeavour in thy existence ?' 10. And he replied thus : 'I am Zaratūst of the Spitâmas; among the existences righteousness is more my desire, and my wish is that I may become aware of the will of the sacred beings, and may practise so much righteousness as they exhibit to me in the pure existence.'
11. And Vohûmanô directed Zaratûst thus : 'Do
Literally up to the leg (zang).'
The past and future apostles of Zoroastrianism. For the last three, see Dk. VII, ix-xi.
3 Compare Dk. VII, iii, 51-54. • Assuming that vagdumak is a variant of the usual gagdumak. The scorpion (vag dum) would be a sign of duality, as, being a noxious creature, it was produced by the evil spirit Aharman.
o Compare Dk. VII, iii, 55-59. • Compare ibid. iii, 60-62.
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