[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Foreign](https://indike.org/pramana/inf) › [Iran](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.ir) › [Avestan texts](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.ir.ae) › [Videvdad](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.ir.ae.videvdad) › 1.16 # Videvdad 1.16 Vīdēvdād 1.16 - **Language:** Avestan ### [1.16](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.ir.ae.videvdad.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. > — James Darmesteter 1880, The Zend-Avesta, Part I. The Vendîdâd (Sacred Books of the East 4) - [Previous: 1.15](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.ir.ae.videvdad.1.15) - [Next: 1.17](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.ir.ae.videvdad.1.17) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.ir.ae.videvdad.1) ## Translations (1) - [The Zend-Avesta, Part I. The Vendîdâd (Sacred Books of the East 4)](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.ir.ae.videvdad~en-darmesteter.1.16) — James Darmesteter 1880, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inf.ir.ae.videvdad.1.16](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.ir.ae.videvdad.1.16) · Pramāṇa