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This Thrishva being holy is stated in the above paragraph to have
been canopied by the shining heaven shapen by Mithra, Rashnu
and Spenta Armaiti; while the wicked material world is overcovered
by ("Apakhter", the region of Darkness (Vd. 19,1). In,
Thrishva is the holy land Airyana Vaeja, where Zarathushtra was
born, and which was the cradle of the Aryan race.
Regarding the above footnote by Prof. Darmesteter it may be
clarified that Karshavare or Keshvar technically means country or
residing place of saintly souls, and not of worldly sinful people.
Thrishva, otherwise called 'Khanirath Bami' is buried under snow
since some 10,000 years and opens up when the known material
world is submerged by the waters of the Deluge. The other six
Karshvares are not divisions of the earth, but are the fiery orbs
situated in the far super-ethereal heights of the Space through
which saintly souls proceed to the planetary world. Reference to
Yasna Xl, 7 in the above quotation is explained further on.
Airyana Vaeja, The Birth-place
of Zarathushtra
In this Airyana Vaeja is the holy mountain called 'Haraiti
Barez' (Yt. 19,1) or Mt. Alborz. On the top plateau at the highest
altitude (Bala) of the mountain (Zbarahe) in Airyana Vaeja was
the 'Vara' on which was situated the prophet's father Pourushaspa's
mansion where Zarathushtra was born (Yd. 19;4 & 11; Bd. 20;6
and 24;3). Here on this plateau flowed from the far heights of the
planetary world Asha-Chithra and Vohu-Chithra, the vibrationary
currents bearing 'seeds' of holiness and goodness. This flowing of
such sublime vibrationary currents is allegorically depicted as the
river 'Drejya'.
On the slopes of the sides of the above Haraiti Barez, there are
several plateaus, on each of which, in those distant ages, there
were sublime Markaz, residential places called Vara, such as
Demavand. Paid-Daz, Bahmandaz, Pamar, Siraz, Firdaus etc. built
by different illustrious kings of the Poriyo-tkaesha class. On its
first plateau called Pamar was king Jamshid's Vara, which was
subterranean (Bd. 32.2). Vara is a talismanically protected area
either subterranean or on the surface of the earth so sanctified that
Satan cannot find entry there and desecrate it.
Airyana Vaeja Called
Khanirath Bami,
The Seventh Keshvar
In Mihir Yasht; 15 and other places Airyana Vaeja situated
Thrishva is referred to as "Khanirath Bami", the golden or