Aria Lacus

ARIA LACUS(ἡ Ἀρία λιμνὴ, Ptol. 6.14.2), a lake on the NW. boundary of Drangiana and the Desert of Kirman,--now called Zarahor Zerrah. It has been placed by Ptolemy too far to the N., and has been connected by him with the river Arius. M. Burnouf ( Comm. sur le Yaçna, p. xcvii.) derives its name and that of the province to which it properly belongs, from a Zend word, Zarayo(a lake). It may have been called the Arian Lake, as adjoining the wider limits of Ariana.