Videvdad 1.16
Vīdēvdād 1.16
- Language
- Avestan
1.16
ϑridasəm. asaŋhąmca. ṣ̌ōiϑranąmca. vahištəm. frāϑβərəsəm. azəm. yō. ahurō. mazdā̊. caxrəm. sūrəm. aṣ̌auuanəm. āat̰. ahe. paitiiārəm. frākərəṇtat̰. aŋrō. mainiiuš. pouru.mahrkō. aγa. anāpərəϑa. š́iiaoϑna. yā. nasuspaciia.
17 (63). The thirteenth of the good lands and countries which I, Ahura Mazda, created, was the strong, holy Cakhra.
Thereupon came Angra Mainyu, who is all death, and he counter-created by his witchcraft a sin for which there is no atonement, the burning of corpses.
Translations (1)
- The Zend-Avesta, Part I. The Vendîdâd (Sacred Books of the East 4) — James Darmesteter 1880, English