The Arctic Home in the Vedas c12.58.2

c12.58.2

Thus in the Âfrigân Gâhanbâr (I, 7-12), as written in some manuscripts mentioned by Westergaard in his notes on the Âfrigân, there is a statement of the different rewards which a Mazdayasnian receives in the next life for what he gives as present in this to the Ratu (religious head); and we have therein such expressions as "On the 45th (day) of Maidhyô-Zaremya, *i. e.*, on (the day) Dae of (the month) Ardibehest;" or "On the 60th (day) of Maidhyôshma, *i. e.*, on (the day) Dae of (the month) Tîr;" and so on. Here each date is given in two different ways: *first*, by mentioning the Gâhanbâr or the season (the year being divided into six Gâhanbârs), and the day of that season; and *secondly*, by mentioning the month and the day of that month. Strictly speaking there is no necessity to adopt this double method of marking the days of the year, for either of them is enough to accurately define the day required. It is, therefore, highly probable, as remarked by Mr.