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entity_citations: CIT_ZOR_INDRA_DAEVA_AVESTA

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CIT_ZOR_INDRA_DAEVA_AVESTA ENT_ZOR_INDRA_DAEVA SRC_AVESTA The Zend-Avesta Vendidad 10.9 ^ Most manuscripts have added here, from the preceding clauses, ' with hands uplifted!' ^ An allusion to a myth in which Mithra was described as an Indra delivering the cows carried away by a Vrz'tra : Firmicus Maternus called him abactorem boum (De Errore Profan. Relig. V); Commodianus compares him with Cacus : 'Vrtebatque boves alienos semper in antris Sicut et Cacus Vulcani filius ille.' (Apud Windischmann, Mithra, p. Darmesteter & Mills (Sacred Books of the East) 1887 https://archive.org/details/zendavesta02darm 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 Yasna/Yasht locus against a clean edition.  
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