[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) › 1.4 # Videvdad 1.4 Vīdēvdād 1.4 - **Language:** Avestan ### [1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.ir.ae.videvdad.1.4) bitīm. asaŋhąmca. ṣ̌ōiϑranąmca. vahištəm. frāϑβərəsəm. azəm. yō. ahurō. mazdā̊. gāum. yim. suγδō.ṣ̌aiianəm āat̰. ahe. paitiiārəm. frākərəṇtat̰. aŋrō. mainiiuš. pouru.mahrkō. skaitīm. yąm. gauuaca. daiiaca. pouru.mahrkəm. > 5 (13). The second of the good lands and countries which I, Ahura Mazda, created, was the plains in Sughdha. > Thereupon came Angra Mainyu, who is all death, and he counter-created by his witchcraft the fly Skaitya, which brings death to the cattle. > — James Darmesteter 1880, The Zend-Avesta, Part I. The Vendîdâd (Sacred Books of the East 4) - [Previous: 1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.ir.ae.videvdad.1.3) - [Next: 1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.ir.ae.videvdad.1.5) - [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.1.4) — James Darmesteter 1880, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inf.ir.ae.videvdad.1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.ir.ae.videvdad.1.4) · Pramāṇa