वेदों की प्राचीनता एवं काल-निर्णय / ओरायन (लोकमान्य बाल गंगाधर तिलक - खगोलीय वैदिक शोध)

THE AVESTIC EVIDENCE. 359 the sixteen lands mentioned in this description, and the follow- ing tabular statement sums up the results of the investigations of these scholars in this direction. The letters S, H, and D, stand far Spiegel, Haug and Darmesteter.

Zend Name.	Old Persian.	Greek.	Modern.	Angra Mainyu's evils therein.
1 Airyāna Vaêjo	Iran Vêjo	...	...	Severe winter and snow.
2 Sughdha	Suguda	Sogdiana	Samarkand	Cattle wasp and fly.
3 Môuru	Margu	Margiana	Merv	Sinful lust.
4 Bâkhdhi	Bâkhtri	Bactria	Balkh	Devouring ants or beasts.
5 Nisâya	...	Nisæa	...	Unbelief.
6 Harôyu (Sans. Sharayu)	Haraiva	Areia	Herat, (the basin of Hari river)	Mosquito, Poverty.
7 Vaêkereta	...	...	Cabul (S)<br>Segeston (H)	Pairikâs, (Paris).
8 Urva	...	...	Cabul (H)<br>Land around Ispahan (D)	Evil defilement<br>Pride, or Tyranny.
9 Khnenta, in Vehrkâna	Varkâna	Hyrcania	Gurjân (S)<br>Kandahar (H)	Unnatural sin.
10 Harahvaiti (Sans. Sarasvatî)	Harauvati	Arakhosia	Harût	Burial of the dead.
11 Haêtumant (Sans. Setumat)	...	Etumandros	Helmend	Wizards, Locusts.
12 Ragha	Raga	Ragai	Rai	Unbelief, Hereticism.
13 Chakhra (Sans. Chakra)	...	...	A Town in Khorasan (?)	Cremation of the dead.
14 Varena (Sans. Varuna)	...	...	Ghilan (H) ?	Despotic foreign rule.
15 Hapta Hendu (Sans. Sapta-Sindhu)	Hindavas	Indoi	Panjaub	Excessive heat.
16 Rangha (Sans. Rasâ)	...	...	Caspian Sea (H). Arvastâni-Rûm or Mesopotamia (D)	. Winter, earthquake.