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entity_citations: CIT_ZOR_ANGRA_MAINYU_BUNDAH

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CIT_ZOR_ANGRA_MAINYU_BUNDAH ENT_ZOR_ANGRA_MAINYU SRC_BUNDAHISHN Bundahishn Bundahishn 1, 2 The Avesta Angra-mainyu, the spirit who causes adversity or anxiety (see Darmesteter's Ormazd et Ahriman, pp. 92-95); the Pahlavi name is, most probably, merely a corrupt transliteration of the Avesta form, and may be read Ganrak-mainok, as the Avesta Spewta-mainyu, the spirit who causes prosperity, has become Sp6nak-main6k in Pahlavi. This latter spirit is represented by Auharmazd himself in the Bundahij. E. W. West (Sacred Books of the East 5) 1880 https://archive.org/details/pahlavitexts01westuoft primary-verbatim   2026-06-18 name-anchored (note-keyword scored) + substring gate; locus per attestation 1 1 OCR scan, located by name; verify wording and exact chapter against a clean edition.  
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