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1‘On that place shall the worshippers of Mazda erect an enclosure, and therein shall they establish her with food, therein shall they establish her with clothes.’ 65 (162). O Maker of the material word, thou Holy One! What is the food that the woman shall first take ? 66 (163). Ahura Mazda answered: ‘Géméz mixed with ashes, three draughts of it, or six, or nine, to send down the Dakhma within her womb. 67 (166). ‘ Afterwards she may drink boiling milk of mares, cows, sheep, or goats, with pap or without pap; she may take cooked milk without water, meal without water, and wine without water.’ 68 (169). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! How long shall she remain so? How long shall she live thus on milk, meal, and wine ? ” §§ 60-69=Farg. V, 45-54. See the Commentary there. 92 VEND{DAD. 69 (170). Ahura Mazda answered: ‘Three nights long shall she remain so; three nights long shall she live thus on milk, meal, and wine. Then, when three nights have passed, she shall wash her body, she shall wash her clothes, with géméz and water, by the nine holes, and thus shall she be clean.’ 70 (172). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! But if fever befall her unclean body, if these two worst pains, hunger and thirst, befall her, may she be allowed to drink water !? 71 (175). Ahura Mazda answered: ‘She may; the first thing for her is to have her life saved. From the hands of one of the holy men, a holy faithful man, who knows the holy knowledge ’, she shall drink of the strength-giving water. But you, worshippers of Mazda, fix ye the penalty for it. The Ratu being applied to, the Sraosh4-varez being applied to®, shall prescribe the penalty to be paid‘.’ 72 (181). What is the penalty to be paid? Ahura Mazda answered: ‘The deed is that of a Peshétanu: two hundred stripes with the Aspahéastra, two hundred stripes with the Sraoshé-éarana ‘>,’ X. 73 (183). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! Can the eating-vessels be made clean 1 Before those three days have passed. * Tf there is near her a pious and intelligent man, who recognises that her life would be endangered by too strict an adherence to the tule, he will let her depart from it. 5 See Farg. V, 25. * For the water having been defiled. 5 A penalty to be undergone by the husband, at least in modern practice: ‘If through fear of death or of serious illness she has drunk water before the appointed time, her husband shall make Patet for her fault before the Dastur’ (Old Rav. 98 b). FARGARD VII. 93 that have been touched by Nasu froma dog, or Nasu from a man ? 74 (184). Ahura Mazda answered: ‘They can, O holy Zarathustra !’ How so? ‘If they be of gold, you shall wash them once with géméz, you shall rub them once with earth, you shall wash them once with water, and they shall be clean. ‘If they be of silver, you shall wash them twice with géméz, you shall rub them twice with earth, you shall wash them twice with water, and they shall be clean.
2‘If they be of silver, you shall wash them twice with géméz, you shall rub them twice with earth, you shall wash them twice with water, and they shall be clean. [75. ‘If they be of brass, you shall wash them thrice with géméz, you shall rub them thrice with earth, you shall wash them thrice with water, and they shall be clean. ‘If they be of steel, you shall wash them four times with géméz, you shall rub them four times with earth, you shall wash them four times with water, and they shall be clean. ‘If they be of stone, you shall wash them six times with géméz, you shall rub them six times with earth, you shall wash them six times with water, and they shall be clean ?.] ‘If they be of earth, of wood, or of clay, they are unclean for ever and ever *.’ XI. 76 (189). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! Can the cow be made clean that has 1 From the Vendidad Sada. * The power of resistance to uncleanness follows the value of the materials: gold, silver, iron, steel, stone, earth, wood, clay. 94 VENDIDAD. eaten of the carcase of a dog, or of the corpse of aman? 77 (190). Ahura Mazda answered: ‘She can, O holy Zarathustra! The priest shall not, within a year, take from her either milk or cheese for the libation, nor meat for the libation and the Baresma?. When a year has passed, then the faithful may eat of her as before *,’ ’ XII. 78 (193). Who is he, O holy Ahura Mazda! who, meaning well and desiring righteousness, prevents righteousness? Who is he who, meaning well, falls into the ways of the Drug?? 79 (194). Ahura Mazda answered: ‘ This one, meaning well and desiring righteousness, prevents righteousness ; this one, meaning well, falls into the ways of the Drug, who offers up water defiled by the dead and unfit for libation; or who offers up in the dead of the night water unfit for libation ‘.’ 1 The libation waters (Zaothra) are mixed with milk (giv). The cheese (or butter) and the meat are elements of the darfin as goshéda. 2 «Whatever comes from her, if dropped, is clean; if taken, unclean. If she be big with young, the young is born clean, if conceived before her eating of the corpse; if conceived afterwards, it is born unclean’ (Comm.) ® Possibly, ‘works for the Drug.’ * «From what hour may sacrifice to the Good Waters be offered? From sunrise to sunset. . . . He who offers up libations to the Good Waters after sunset, before sunrise, does no better deed than if he should throw them downright into the jaws of a venomous snake’ (Nfrangistan, § 48). , FARGARD VIII. 95 Farcarp VIII. I (1-3). Purification of the house where a man has died. II (4-13). Funerals. III (14-22). Purification of the ways along which the corpse has been carried. IV (23-25). No clothes to be thrown on a corpse. V (26-32). Unlawful lusts. VI (33-34). A corpse when dried up does not contaminate. VII (35-72). Purification of the man defiled by the dead. VIII (73-80). Purification of the fire defiled by the dead.
3IV (23-25). No clothes to be thrown on a corpse. V (26-32). Unlawful lusts. VI (33-34). A corpse when dried up does not contaminate. VII (35-72). Purification of the man defiled by the dead. VIII (73-80). Purification of the fire defiled by the dead. IX (81-96). The Bahram fire. X (97-107). Purification in the wilderness. This chapter, putting aside section V, may be entitled: Funerals and Purification. Logical order may easily be introduced into it, by arranging the sections as follows: I, IV, II, ILI, VI, VII, X, VIU, IX. I. 1. If a dog or a man die under a hut of wood or a hut of felt',; what shall the worshippers of Mazda do?? 2 (4). Ahura Mazda answered : ‘ They shall search for a Dakhma, they shall look for a Dakhma all around’, If they find it easier to remove the dead, they shall take out the dead, they shall let the house stand, and shall perfume it with Urvasna or Voht- 1 A movable shelter, by contradistinction to a fixed abode, something like the oba of the Tartars, one of those huts made of boards or felt and called tharuma by the Arabs, which served as pavilions for princes as well as tents for nomads. * That sort of abode, having only one room, can have no chamber for the dead (Farg. V, 10). * If there is a Dakhma in the proximity, they remove the corpse at once. If there is no Dakhma or the season prevents its access, they purify the hut first. 96 VEND{DAD. gaona, or Vohd-kereti, or Hadha-naépata, or any other sweet-smelling plant '. 3 (8). ‘If they find it easier to remove the house, they shall take away the house, they shall let the dead lie on the spot, and shall perfume the house with Urvdsna, or Vohi-gaona, or Vohi-kereti, or Hadhé-naépata, or any other sweet-smelling plant.’ Il. 4 (£1). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If in the house of a worshipper of Mazda a dog or a man happens to die, and it is raining *, or snowing, or blowing %, or it is dark, or the day is at its end, when flocks and men lose their way, what shall the worshippers of Mazda do’? 5 (14). Ahura Mazda answered: ‘The place in that house whereof the ground is the cleanest and the driest, and the least passed through by flocks and herds, by the fire of Ahura Mazda, by the consecrated bundles of Baresma, and by the faithful ;’"— 6 (16). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! How far from the fire? How far from the 1 “So, when a dog or a man dies, the first thing to do is to take the corpse out (from the house), and to purify the house, inside and outside, with perfumes burnt on the fire’ (Comm.) Cf. XI, 4. Urvasna is the rfsan plant, a sort of garlic; Voh(-gaona, Vohakereti, and Hadh4-na€pata are respectively (according to Frémji) benzoin, aloe, and pomegranate.
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
Romanised transliteration as printed by the translator, not the original script. This is what we hold.
1‘On that place shall the worshippers of Mazda erect an enclosure, and therein shall they establish her with food, therein shall they establish her with clothes.’ 65 (162). O Maker of the material word, thou Holy One! What is the food that the woman shall first take ? 66 (163). Ahura Mazda answered: ‘Géméz mixed with ashes, three draughts of it, or six, or nine, to send down the Dakhma within her womb. 67 (166). ‘ Afterwards she may drink boiling milk of mares, cows, sheep, or goats, with pap or without pap; she may take cooked milk without water, meal without water, and wine without water.’ 68 (169). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! How long shall she remain so? How long shall she live thus on milk, meal, and wine ? ” §§ 60-69=Farg. V, 45-54. See the Commentary there. 92 VEND{DAD. 69 (170). Ahura Mazda answered: ‘Three nights long shall she remain so; three nights long shall she live thus on milk, meal, and wine. Then, when three nights have passed, she shall wash her body, she shall wash her clothes, with géméz and water, by the nine holes, and thus shall she be clean.’ 70 (172). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! But if fever befall her unclean body, if these two worst pains, hunger and thirst, befall her, may she be allowed to drink water !? 71 (175). Ahura Mazda answered: ‘She may; the first thing for her is to have her life saved. From the hands of one of the holy men, a holy faithful man, who knows the holy knowledge ’, she shall drink of the strength-giving water. But you, worshippers of Mazda, fix ye the penalty for it. The Ratu being applied to, the Sraosh4-varez being applied to®, shall prescribe the penalty to be paid‘.’ 72 (181). What is the penalty to be paid? Ahura Mazda answered: ‘The deed is that of a Peshétanu: two hundred stripes with the Aspahéastra, two hundred stripes with the Sraoshé-éarana ‘>,’ X. 73 (183). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! Can the eating-vessels be made clean 1 Before those three days have passed. * Tf there is near her a pious and intelligent man, who recognises that her life would be endangered by too strict an adherence to the tule, he will let her depart from it. 5 See Farg. V, 25. * For the water having been defiled. 5 A penalty to be undergone by the husband, at least in modern practice: ‘If through fear of death or of serious illness she has drunk water before the appointed time, her husband shall make Patet for her fault before the Dastur’ (Old Rav. 98 b). FARGARD VII. 93 that have been touched by Nasu froma dog, or Nasu from a man ? 74 (184). Ahura Mazda answered: ‘They can, O holy Zarathustra !’ How so? ‘If they be of gold, you shall wash them once with géméz, you shall rub them once with earth, you shall wash them once with water, and they shall be clean. ‘If they be of silver, you shall wash them twice with géméz, you shall rub them twice with earth, you shall wash them twice with water, and they shall be clean.
2‘If they be of silver, you shall wash them twice with géméz, you shall rub them twice with earth, you shall wash them twice with water, and they shall be clean. [75. ‘If they be of brass, you shall wash them thrice with géméz, you shall rub them thrice with earth, you shall wash them thrice with water, and they shall be clean. ‘If they be of steel, you shall wash them four times with géméz, you shall rub them four times with earth, you shall wash them four times with water, and they shall be clean. ‘If they be of stone, you shall wash them six times with géméz, you shall rub them six times with earth, you shall wash them six times with water, and they shall be clean ?.] ‘If they be of earth, of wood, or of clay, they are unclean for ever and ever *.’ XI. 76 (189). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! Can the cow be made clean that has 1 From the Vendidad Sada. * The power of resistance to uncleanness follows the value of the materials: gold, silver, iron, steel, stone, earth, wood, clay. 94 VENDIDAD. eaten of the carcase of a dog, or of the corpse of aman? 77 (190). Ahura Mazda answered: ‘She can, O holy Zarathustra! The priest shall not, within a year, take from her either milk or cheese for the libation, nor meat for the libation and the Baresma?. When a year has passed, then the faithful may eat of her as before *,’ ’ XII. 78 (193). Who is he, O holy Ahura Mazda! who, meaning well and desiring righteousness, prevents righteousness? Who is he who, meaning well, falls into the ways of the Drug?? 79 (194). Ahura Mazda answered: ‘ This one, meaning well and desiring righteousness, prevents righteousness ; this one, meaning well, falls into the ways of the Drug, who offers up water defiled by the dead and unfit for libation; or who offers up in the dead of the night water unfit for libation ‘.’ 1 The libation waters (Zaothra) are mixed with milk (giv). The cheese (or butter) and the meat are elements of the darfin as goshéda. 2 «Whatever comes from her, if dropped, is clean; if taken, unclean. If she be big with young, the young is born clean, if conceived before her eating of the corpse; if conceived afterwards, it is born unclean’ (Comm.) ® Possibly, ‘works for the Drug.’ * «From what hour may sacrifice to the Good Waters be offered? From sunrise to sunset. . . . He who offers up libations to the Good Waters after sunset, before sunrise, does no better deed than if he should throw them downright into the jaws of a venomous snake’ (Nfrangistan, § 48). , FARGARD VIII. 95 Farcarp VIII. I (1-3). Purification of the house where a man has died. II (4-13). Funerals. III (14-22). Purification of the ways along which the corpse has been carried. IV (23-25). No clothes to be thrown on a corpse. V (26-32). Unlawful lusts. VI (33-34). A corpse when dried up does not contaminate. VII (35-72). Purification of the man defiled by the dead. VIII (73-80). Purification of the fire defiled by the dead.
3IV (23-25). No clothes to be thrown on a corpse. V (26-32). Unlawful lusts. VI (33-34). A corpse when dried up does not contaminate. VII (35-72). Purification of the man defiled by the dead. VIII (73-80). Purification of the fire defiled by the dead. IX (81-96). The Bahram fire. X (97-107). Purification in the wilderness. This chapter, putting aside section V, may be entitled: Funerals and Purification. Logical order may easily be introduced into it, by arranging the sections as follows: I, IV, II, ILI, VI, VII, X, VIU, IX. I. 1. If a dog or a man die under a hut of wood or a hut of felt',; what shall the worshippers of Mazda do?? 2 (4). Ahura Mazda answered : ‘ They shall search for a Dakhma, they shall look for a Dakhma all around’, If they find it easier to remove the dead, they shall take out the dead, they shall let the house stand, and shall perfume it with Urvasna or Voht- 1 A movable shelter, by contradistinction to a fixed abode, something like the oba of the Tartars, one of those huts made of boards or felt and called tharuma by the Arabs, which served as pavilions for princes as well as tents for nomads. * That sort of abode, having only one room, can have no chamber for the dead (Farg. V, 10). * If there is a Dakhma in the proximity, they remove the corpse at once. If there is no Dakhma or the season prevents its access, they purify the hut first. 96 VEND{DAD. gaona, or Vohd-kereti, or Hadha-naépata, or any other sweet-smelling plant '. 3 (8). ‘If they find it easier to remove the house, they shall take away the house, they shall let the dead lie on the spot, and shall perfume the house with Urvdsna, or Vohi-gaona, or Vohi-kereti, or Hadhé-naépata, or any other sweet-smelling plant.’ Il. 4 (£1). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If in the house of a worshipper of Mazda a dog or a man happens to die, and it is raining *, or snowing, or blowing %, or it is dark, or the day is at its end, when flocks and men lose their way, what shall the worshippers of Mazda do’? 5 (14). Ahura Mazda answered: ‘The place in that house whereof the ground is the cleanest and the driest, and the least passed through by flocks and herds, by the fire of Ahura Mazda, by the consecrated bundles of Baresma, and by the faithful ;’"— 6 (16). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! How far from the fire? How far from the 1 “So, when a dog or a man dies, the first thing to do is to take the corpse out (from the house), and to purify the house, inside and outside, with perfumes burnt on the fire’ (Comm.) Cf. XI, 4. Urvasna is the rfsan plant, a sort of garlic; Voh(-gaona, Vohakereti, and Hadh4-na€pata are respectively (according to Frémji) benzoin, aloe, and pomegranate.
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
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