[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) › 1.2 # Videvdad 1.2 Vīdēvdād 1.2 - **Language:** Avestan ### [1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.ir.ae.videvdad.1.2) paoirīm. asaŋhąmca. ṣ̌ōiϑranąmca. vahištəm. frāϑβərəsəm. azəm. yō. ahurō. mazdā̊. airiianəm. vaējō. vaŋhuiiā̊. dāitiiaiiā̊ āat̰. ahe. paitiiārəm. frākərəṇtat̰. aŋrō. mainiiuš. pouru.mahrkō. ažimca. yim. raoiδitəm. ziiąmca. daēuuō.dātəm. > 3 (5). The first of the good lands and countries Vaêgô was still believed to be in the far-off lands of the rising sun, or already on the banks of the Aras, we leave undecided. which I, Ahura Mazda, created, was the Airyana Vae/go by the good river Daitya. > Thereupon came Angra Mainyu, who is all death, and he counter-created by his witchcraft the serpent in the river and winter, a work of the Daevas. > — James Darmesteter 1880, The Zend-Avesta, Part I. The Vendîdâd (Sacred Books of the East 4) - [Previous: 1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.ir.ae.videvdad.1.1) - [Next: 1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.ir.ae.videvdad.1.3) - [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.1.2) — James Darmesteter 1880, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inf.ir.ae.videvdad.1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.ir.ae.videvdad.1.2) · Pramāṇa