Witzel 2000, p. 9: "Among the various countries known to Old Persian and Avestan texts, it is Airiianəm Vaẽjah that has captured the imagination of scholars most. Many regard it as the "mythical homeland" of the Aryans ...". Witzel, Michael (2000). "The Home of the Aryans". In Hinze, A.; Tichy, E. (eds.). Festschrift für Johanna Narten zum 70. Geburtstag(PDF). J. H. Roell. pp. 283–338. doi:10.11588/xarep.00000114.
Vogelsang 2000, p. 9: "The land of Airyanem Vaejah, which is described in the text as a land of extreme cold, has often been identified with ancient Choresmia.". Vogelsang, Willem (2000). "The sixteen lands of Videvdat - Airyanem Vaejah and the homeland of the Iranians". Persica. 16. doi:10.2143/PERS.16.0.511.
Benveniste 1934, p. 272: "Quand le centre de l'Empire s'est déplacé vers l'Ouest, il s'est produit parallèlement, à l'époque sassanide, un transfert dans la nomenclature géographique on a reporté dans l'Iran occidental une grande partie du répertoire des noms orientaux conservés par l'Avesta.". Benveniste, Émile (1934). "L'Ērān-vēž et l'origine légendaire des Iraniens". Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies (in French). 7 (2): 265–274. doi:10.1017/S0041977X00085207. S2CID162555518.
Vogelsang 2000, p. 50: "An additional problem is the question whether all the lands that are mentioned in the list refer to an actual geographical location, or whether in at least some cases we are dealing with mythical names that bear no direct relationship to a specific area. Such a point has often been brought forward as regards the first and the last names in the list: Airyanem Vaejah (No. 1) and Upa Aodaeshu Rahnghaya (No. 16).". Vogelsang, Willem (2000). "The sixteen lands of Videvdat - Airyanem Vaejah and the homeland of the Iranians". Persica. 16. doi:10.2143/PERS.16.0.511.
Witzel 2000, p. 10: "Since the evidence of Young Avestan place names so clearly points to a more eastern location, the Avesta is again understood, nowadays, as an East Iranian text, whose area of composition comprised -- at least -- Sīstån/Arachosia, Herat, Merw and Bactria.". Witzel, Michael (2000). "The Home of the Aryans". In Hinze, A.; Tichy, E. (eds.). Festschrift für Johanna Narten zum 70. Geburtstag(PDF). J. H. Roell. pp. 283–338. doi:10.11588/xarep.00000114.
Vogelsang 2000, p. 58: "The land of Airyanem Vaejah, which is described in the text as a land of extreme cold, has often been identified with ancient Choresmia.". Vogelsang, Willem (2000). "The sixteen lands of Videvdat - Airyanem Vaejah and the homeland of the Iranians". Persica. 16. doi:10.2143/PERS.16.0.511.
Vogelsang 2000, p. 58: "The concept of Choresmia as the original 'homestead of the Aryans' is connected to the so-called Choresmian hypothesis by Henning.". Vogelsang, Willem (2000). "The sixteen lands of Videvdat - Airyanem Vaejah and the homeland of the Iranians". Persica. 16. doi:10.2143/PERS.16.0.511.
Witzel 2000, p. 48: "The Vīdēvdað list obviously was composed or redacted by someone who regarded Afghanistan and the lands surrounding it as the home of all Aryans (airiia), that is of all (eastern) Iranians, with Airiianem Vaẽjah as their center.". Witzel, Michael (2000). "The Home of the Aryans". In Hinze, A.; Tichy, E. (eds.). Festschrift für Johanna Narten zum 70. Geburtstag(PDF). J. H. Roell. pp. 283–338. doi:10.11588/xarep.00000114.
Gnoli 2011, "DĀITYĀ, (VAŊHVĪ) (lit., “the (good) Dāityā”; Mid. Pers. Weh Dāitī), the name of a river connected with the religious "law" (Av. dāta-, Mid. and NPers. dād), frequently identified in scholarly literature with the Oxus or with rivers of the northeastern region [...].". Gnoli, Gherardo (2011). "DĀITYĀ, VAŊHVĪ". Encyclopædia Iranica. Vol. VI. Iranica Foundation. pp. 598–599.
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Gnoli 1966, p 73: "A questo punto sono possibili due interpretationi dell'intero passo, secondo che si conferisca all'espressione airyo.shayanem della stanza 13 un significato o generico o restrittivo. Nel primo caso, se essa significasse l'intero paese in cui abitano tutti gli Iranici, l'espressione vispem airyo.shayanem sarebbe evidentimente comprensiva di cio che segue: essa costituirebbe, sinteticamente, tutto l'insieme che verrebbe poi analizzato nella stanza seguente nei termini Ishkata, Paruta etc.: nel secondo caso, pero, se essa equivalesse all'espressiono abbreviata di aryanam vaêjõ e a quella di airyanam dahyunam, in quanto contrapposte alle pur sempre iraniche tuiryanam dahyunam, airyo.shayanem costituirebbe il primo elemento dell'enumerizio geografica, il primo dei paesi guardati da Mithra, il primo e, nello stesso tempo, il piu importante, un paese, soprattutto, ricco di acque, di laghi, di canali.". Gnoli, Gherardo (1966). "AIRYŌ. ŠAYANA". Rivista degli studi orientali. 41 (1): 67–75. JSTOR41879616 – via JSTOR.
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Witzel 2000, p. 9: "Among the various countries known to Old Persian and Avestan texts, it is Airiianəm Vaẽjah that has captured the imagination of scholars most. Many regard it as the "mythical homeland" of the Aryans ...". Witzel, Michael (2000). "The Home of the Aryans". In Hinze, A.; Tichy, E. (eds.). Festschrift für Johanna Narten zum 70. Geburtstag(PDF). J. H. Roell. pp. 283–338. doi:10.11588/xarep.00000114.
Witzel 2000, p. 10: "Since the evidence of Young Avestan place names so clearly points to a more eastern location, the Avesta is again understood, nowadays, as an East Iranian text, whose area of composition comprised -- at least -- Sīstån/Arachosia, Herat, Merw and Bactria.". Witzel, Michael (2000). "The Home of the Aryans". In Hinze, A.; Tichy, E. (eds.). Festschrift für Johanna Narten zum 70. Geburtstag(PDF). J. H. Roell. pp. 283–338. doi:10.11588/xarep.00000114.
Witzel 2000, p. 48: "The Vīdēvdað list obviously was composed or redacted by someone who regarded Afghanistan and the lands surrounding it as the home of all Aryans (airiia), that is of all (eastern) Iranians, with Airiianem Vaẽjah as their center.". Witzel, Michael (2000). "The Home of the Aryans". In Hinze, A.; Tichy, E. (eds.). Festschrift für Johanna Narten zum 70. Geburtstag(PDF). J. H. Roell. pp. 283–338. doi:10.11588/xarep.00000114.
Benveniste 1934, p. 272: "Quand le centre de l'Empire s'est déplacé vers l'Ouest, il s'est produit parallèlement, à l'époque sassanide, un transfert dans la nomenclature géographique on a reporté dans l'Iran occidental une grande partie du répertoire des noms orientaux conservés par l'Avesta.". Benveniste, Émile (1934). "L'Ērān-vēž et l'origine légendaire des Iraniens". Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies (in French). 7 (2): 265–274. doi:10.1017/S0041977X00085207. S2CID162555518.
