The Classical Doctrine of Indian Medicine: Its Origins and its Greek Parallels c7.s2.183

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² It is true that Mr. Nyberg bases himself chiefly (op. cit., p. 202) on the fact that Vayu calls himself in the *Rām Yast*, the vanquisher of the two opposing creations, in support of his opinion that he is, in this text, a superior god to Ahura Mazda. But he could have been the vanquisher of the creation of Ahura Mazda, that is to say, he could have dominated the creatures without dominating the creator himself; it is therefore only the fact that Ahura Mazda has recourse to him which seems to give him a higher rank.