A list of lakes

Bundahin, 12

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abar cnh varh

gbed ped dn k : n and camag bn pdgh mad hend

k var xvnhed. handzag cam mardmn, avn camag
bn hend, cn :
var ccast ;
var sbar (svar) ;
var xvrazm ;
var frazdn ;
var 92 zarrumand ;
var snst ;
var hsrav ;
var sadvs ;
ud var urvs.
u-n gugn gbem :
var ccast1 ped durbyagn, garmb ud jud-dv (K 20 judb)2 k- tis gynvar3 andar n baved.4 u- bun zr frxgard
peyvast sted.
var sbar ped abarahr bm, ped sar kf ts. cn gbed
k : sd bahr ud hucamh ud vehh abzyingh ud rdh5 azi
b dd sted.6
var xvrazm7 ry gbed k : azi b dd sted ahlivang
xvstag ud tuvngarh ud hubahrh (xvhrh) ud abyingh ud
hurmh.

. cacasta vairi.
.
DH, TD,
K20. We can also read jud-zv. Cf. Av. v-jva
rendered by Pers. ab-zndagh.
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DH, TD.
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. Yt 5.49 pane vari cacastahe jafrahe urvpahe. VZ 3.24 ccast var

zufr garmg-b jud-dv k- ped br niyed dur gunasp przgar.

ZVY 6.10 dur gunasp ped var ccast zufr garmgb juddv. hd nhiz dn pdg. hd bd k mhg guft. darg guft k karzang.
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. K20 sdbahr hucam veh abzying rdh.
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. VZ 3.24 svar k harv stabrh b <> kustn abganed, ud xv grv
rn ud pk dred ; c handzag humng cam ast k harv gard ud rmanh
b kustn abganed, u- zufrh ry b bun n aybhed. c dn zreh aved
u- ped nazdgh niyed dur sdg-mihr burznmihr.
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var frazdn8 ped sagestn.9 gbend k : ka- mard- ahlav

k tis- andar avi abganed pedred ; ka n ahlav, abz brn
abganed. hn-z bun camag frxgard peyvast sted.
var zarrumand10 ped ahmadn.
var snst (snst)11 ry pdg k : b avinast ast, andar
zrh hamvr ham tazed. n rn farrahumand cn gbed k :
xvard peyrg mad, ayb-um snst var dd ? hn 93 b ped
frakird virstan ry andar abyed.
var hsrav12 ped cahr frasang ccast.13
var sadvs14 hn nibit ped meyn zr frxgard ud hn
pdg.
gbed : kamandn (kamendn) zufr- ast k hamvr dd azi
yed. harv tis-i avi15 abganend, jud az gynvar n pedred. ka-
gynvar avi abganend, frd bared. mardmn gbend k-
camag- duox andar ast.16
var urvs17 ped hugar buland.

. Arab. ( Istaxr, 287).

. pm frazdnaom (Yt 5.108). Cf. Armen. .

. F 4.7 yazi pm frazdnaom : yazum b frazdn [ped sagestn].
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. Av. zarnumat- adj. golden. In the Yat 19.67 the river zarnumait
is mentioned. Av. zarnumatm srm (Ny 1.8) may refer to the golden
morning. Zand : zarrnumand abzr [k b abnam vahrg az azr
zamg ul b yed ped rh y].
11
. from Av. -sn to wash.
12
. vairm haosravahm (Sr 2.9). Yt 19.56 vairi y haosrav nma the
lake which [is called] Haosravah.
13
. Ny 5.5 vari haosravahahe : var hsrav [ped durbyagn. hn var
kay hsr bast sted ped durbyagn.]
14
. satavasa name of a fixed star. In the Zand of Sr 2.13 it is also
understood as a lake : satavasahe frpahe srahe : sadvs frzb (ply-b)
abzr [u- ply-bh k harv b andar haft kivar zamg b rzed
sadvs rased ; sadvs b plyed ud pk b kuned, ped pkh frz zr
frxgard aved.]
15
. K 20 harv tis andar.
16
. K20 k az duox camag- pedi ast.
17
. Av. urvasa turn, wave. Cf. Yt 14.29.
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