ĀΘVIYA, in the Avestan Hōm Yast (Y. 9.7) the second mortal to press the haoma and the father of Θraētaona (Ferīdūn). See ĀBTĪN.

Additional bibliography: M. Boyce, Zoroastrianism I, pp. 97ff. M. Mayrhofer, Iranisches Personennamenbuch I/1, Vienna, 1977, p. I/30, no. 75.

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