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# Videvdad 1.18

Vīdēvdād 1.18

- **Language:** Avestan

### [1.18](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.ir.ae.videvdad.1.18)

paṇcadasəm. asaŋhąmca. ṣ̌ōiϑranąmca. vahištəm. frāϑβərəsəm. azəm. yō. ahurō. mazdā̊. yō. hapta.həṇdu āat̰. ahe. paitiiārəm. frākərəṇtat̰. aŋrō. mainiiuš. pouru.mahrkō. araϑβiiāca. daxšta. araϑβīmca. garəmāum.

> 19 (72). The fifteenth of the good lands and countries which I, Ahura Mazda, created, was the Seven Rivers.  
> Thereupon came Angra Mainyu, who is all death, and he counter-created by his witchcraft abnormal issues in women and excessive heat.  
> — James Darmesteter 1880, The Zend-Avesta, Part I. The Vendîdâd (Sacred Books of the East 4)

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## 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.1.18) — James Darmesteter 1880, English

## Linked texts (2)

- [Ṛgvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg) — Sanskrit
- [The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rapson-1922.v1.c24.132) — E. J. Rapson, English

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