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# Videvdad 1.9

Vīdēvdād 1.9

- **Language:** Avestan

### [1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.ir.ae.videvdad.1.9)

haptaϑəm. asaŋhąmca. ṣ̌ōiϑranąmca. vahištəm. frāϑβərəsəm. azəm. yō. ahurō. mazdā̊. vaēkərətəm. yim. dužakō.saiianəm āat̰. ahe. paitiiārəm. frākərəṇtat̰. aŋrō. mainiiuš. pouru.mahrkō. pairikąm. yąm. xnąϑaite. yā. upaŋhacat̰. kərəsāspəm.

> 10 (33). The seventh of the good lands and countries which I, Ahura Mazda, created, was Vaekereta, of the evil shadows.  
> Thereupon came Angra Mainyu, who is all death, and he counter-created by his witchcraft the Pairika Knathaiti, who clave unto Keresaspa.  
> — James Darmesteter 1880, The Zend-Avesta, Part I. The Vendîdâd (Sacred Books of the East 4)

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- [The Zend-Avesta, Part I. The Vendîdâd (Sacred Books of the East 4)](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.ir.ae.videvdad~en-darmesteter.1.9) — James Darmesteter 1880, English

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