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# Videvdad 1.8

Vīdēvdād 1.8

- **Language:** Avestan

### [1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.ir.ae.videvdad.1.8)

xštūm. asaŋhąmca. ṣ̌ōiϑranąmca. vahištəm. frāϑβərəsəm. azəm. yō. ahurō. mazdā̊. harōiiūm. yim. višharəzanəm āat̰. ahe. paitiiārəm. frākərəṇtat̰. aŋrō. mainiiuš. pouru.mahrkō. saraskəmca. driβikāca.

> 9 (29). The sixth of the good lands and countries which I, Ahura Mazda, created, was Haroyu with its lake.  
> Thereupon came Angra Mainyu, who is all death, and he counter-created by his witchcraft the stained mosquito.  
> — 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.1.8) — James Darmesteter 1880, English

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