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Overview
The Bundahishn names Astwihad an evil flyer who seizes life. His hand’s stroke is associated with lethargy, its contact with a sick person with fever, and his gaze into someone’s eyes with the departure of life.
The source identifies this final action with death. These attributed bodily encounters make death an approaching agent; the passage does not supply wings, feathers or a particular animal species.
Origins & earliest records
Iranian Zoroastrian religious narrative and cosmology
Records & interpretation
Named and numbered primary-text passage directly read.
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Bundahishn (Indian recension)
28.35; hosted historical edition date, not text-composition date.
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Primary records and illustrations
Bundahishn (Indian recension)
Bundahishn (Indian recension). 28.35
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- Historical religious primary-text translationBundahishn (Indian recension) 28.35 — primary translationResearch access: 2026-10-05
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