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1If one’s uncle or aunt dies, how long shall they stay, the nephew for his uncle, the niece for her aunt? How long for the righteous? How long for the sinners ? Ahura Mazda answered: ‘ They shall stay twenty days for the righteous, forty days for the sinners.’ 14 (45). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! How shall I cleanse the house? How shall it be clean again? Ahura Mazda answered: ‘ You shall wash your bodies three times, you shall wash your clothes three times, you shall chant the Gathas three times; you shall offer up a sacrifice to my Fire, you shall bind up the bundles of Baresma, you shall bring libations to the good waters; then the house shall be clean, and then the waters may enter, then the fire may enter, and then the Amesha- Spentas may enter, O Spitama Zarathustra !’ 15 (48). If one’s male cousin or female cousin FARGARD XII. 153 dies, how long shall they stay ? How long for the righteous? How long for the sinners ? Ahura Mazda answered: ‘ They shall stay fifteen days for the righteous, thirty days for the sinners.’ 16 (50). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! How shall I cleanse the house? How shall it be clean again ? Ahura Mazda answered : ‘You shall wash your bodies three times, you shall wash your clothes three times, you shall chant the Gathas three times; you shall offer up a sacrifice to my Fire, you shall bind up the bundles of Baresma, you shall bring libations to the good waters ; then the house shall be clean, and then the waters may enter, then the fire may enter, and then the Amesha- Spentas may enter, O Spitama Zarathustra !’ 17 (§3). If the son or the daughter of a cousin dies, how long shall they stay ? How long for the righteous ? How long for the sinners ? Ahura Mazda answered: ‘They shall stay ten days for the righteous, twenty days for the sinners.’ 18 (55). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! How shall I cleanse the house? How shall it be clean again? Ahura Mazda answered: ‘You shall wash your bodies three times, you shall wash your clothes three times, you shall chant the Gathas three times; you shall offer up a sacrifice to my Fire, you shall bind up the bundles of Baresma, you shall bring libations to the good waters; then the house shall be clean, and then the waters may enter, then the fire may enter, and then the Amesha- Spevtas may enter, O Spitama Zarathustra !’ 19 (58). If the grandson of a cousin or the granddaughter of a cousin dies, how long shall they stay? How long for the righteous? How long for the sinners? 154 VEND{DAD. Ahura Mazda answered: ‘ They shall stay five days for the righteous, ten days for the sinners.’ 20 (60). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! How shall I cleanse the house? How shall it be clean again?
2How long for the righteous? How long for the sinners? 154 VEND{DAD. Ahura Mazda answered: ‘ They shall stay five days for the righteous, ten days for the sinners.’ 20 (60). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! How shall I cleanse the house? How shall it be clean again? Ahura Mazda answered: ‘ You shall wash your bodies three times, you shall wash your clothes three times, you shall chant the G&athas three times; you shall offer up a sacrifice to my Fire, you shall bind up the bundles of Baresma, you shall bring libations to the good waters; then the house shall be clean, and then the waters may enter, then the fire may enter, and then the Amesha- Spemtas may enter, O Spitama Zarathustra !’ 21 (63). If a man dies, of whatever race he is, who does not belong to the true faith, or the true law', what part of the creation of the good spirit does he directly defile? What part does he indirectly defile ? 22*(65). Ahura Mazda answered: ‘ No more than a frog does whose venom is dried up, and that has been dead more than a year. Whilst alive, indeed, O Spitama Zarathustra! such wicked, two-legged ruffian as an ungodly Ashemaogha, directly defiles the creatures of the Good Spirit, and indirectly defiles them. 23 (70). ‘Whilst alive he smites the water ; whilst alive he blows out the fire; whilst alive he carries off the cow; whilst alive he smites the faithful man with a deadly blow, that parts the soul from the body ; not so will he do when dead. 24 (71). ‘Whilst alive, indeed, O Spitama Zarathustra! such wicked, two-legged ruffian as an 1 An infidel, whether he is a relation or not. * §§ 22-24=Farg. V, 36-38, text and notes. FARGARD XIII. 155 ungodly Ashemaogha, robs the faithful man of the full possession of his food, of his clothing, of his wood, of his bed, of his vessels; not so will he do when dead.’ FarRGARD XIII. The Dog. I (1-7). The dog of Ormazd and the dog of Ahriman. (a. 1-4). Holiness of the dog Vangh4para (‘the hedgehog’). (b. 5-7). Hatefulness of the dog Zairimyangura (‘the tortoise’). II (8-16). The several kinds of dogs. Penalties for the murder of a dog. III (17-19). On the duties of the shepherd’s dog and the housedog. IV (20-28). On the food due to the dog. V (29-38). On the mad dog and the dog diseased; how they are to be kept, and cured. VI (39-40). On the excellence of the dog. VII (41-43). On the wolf-dog. VIII (44-48). On the virtues and vices of the dog. IX (49-50). Praise of the dog. X (50-54). The water-dog. This Fargard is the only complete fragment, still in existence, of a large canine literature: a whole section of the Ganbé-sar-nigat Nask was dedicated to the dog (the so-called Fargard Pas(shafirvastan ; West, Dinkard (Pahlavi Texts, IV), VIII, 23; 24, 5; 33, &c.) Ia. 1, Which is the good creature among the creatures of the Good Spirit that from midnight till the sun is up goes and kills thousands of the creatures of the Evil Spirit ?
31, Which is the good creature among the creatures of the Good Spirit that from midnight till the sun is up goes and kills thousands of the creatures of the Evil Spirit ? 2 (3). Ahura Mazda answered: ‘The dog with the prickly back, with the long and thin muzzle, the 156 VEND{DAD. dog Vangh4para?, which evil-speaking people call the Duzaka*; this is the good creature among the creatures of the Good Spirit that from midnight till the sun is up goes and kills thousands of the creatures of the Evil Spirit. 3 (6). ‘And whosoever, O Zarathustra! shall kill the dog with the prickly back, with the long and thin muzzle, the dog Vanghapara, which evil-speaking people call the Duzaka, kills his own soul for nine generations, nor shall he find a way over the Kinvad bridge’, unless he has, while alive, atoned for his sin *.’ 4 (10). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a man kill the dog with the prickly back, with the long and thin muzzle, the dog Vanghapara, which evil-speaking people call the Duzaka, what is the penalty that he shall pay ? 1 The hedgehog. ‘ The hedgehog, according to the Bund. XIX, 28, is created in opposition to the ant that carries off grain, as it says that the hedgehog, every time that it voids urine into an ant’s nest, will destroy a thousand ants’ (Bund. XIX, 28; cf. Saddar 57). When the Arabs conquered Saistan, the inhabitants submitted on the condition that hedgehogs should not be killed nor hunted for, as they got rid of the vipers which swarm in that country. Every house had its hedgehog (Yaqout, Dictionnaire: de la Perse, p. 303). Plutarch counts the hedgehog amongst the animals sacred to the Magi (Quaestiones Conviviales, IV, 5, 2: tous 8 dd Zwpodorpov pdyous Tinav pév ev rois pddwora Tov xEpoaiov éxivor). * Duzaka is the popular name of the hedgehog (Pers. suza). It is not without importance which name is given to a being: ‘When called by its high name, it is powerful’ (Comm.); cf. § 6, and Farg. XVIII, 15. * The bridge leading to Paradise; see Farg. XIX, 30. ‘Cf. § 54. Framjf translates: ‘He cannot atone for it in his life even by performing a sacrifice to Sraosha’ (cf. Farg. IX, 56, text and note). FARGARD XIII. 157 Ahura Mazda answered: ‘A thousand stripes with the Aspahé-astra, a thousand stripes with the Sraoshé-Aarana.’ Ib. 5 (13). Which is the evil creature among the creatures of the Evil Spirit that from midnight till the sun is up goes and kills thousands of the creatures of the Good Spirit ? 6 (15). Ahura Mazda answered: ‘The daéva Zairimyangura', which evil-speaking people call the Zairimydka*, this is the evil creature among the creatures of the Evil Spirit that from midnight till the sun is up goes and kills thousands of the creatures of the Good Spirit.
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.
1If one’s uncle or aunt dies, how long shall they stay, the nephew for his uncle, the niece for her aunt? How long for the righteous? How long for the sinners ? Ahura Mazda answered: ‘ They shall stay twenty days for the righteous, forty days for the sinners.’ 14 (45). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! How shall I cleanse the house? How shall it be clean again? Ahura Mazda answered: ‘ You shall wash your bodies three times, you shall wash your clothes three times, you shall chant the Gathas three times; you shall offer up a sacrifice to my Fire, you shall bind up the bundles of Baresma, you shall bring libations to the good waters; then the house shall be clean, and then the waters may enter, then the fire may enter, and then the Amesha- Spentas may enter, O Spitama Zarathustra !’ 15 (48). If one’s male cousin or female cousin FARGARD XII. 153 dies, how long shall they stay ? How long for the righteous? How long for the sinners ? Ahura Mazda answered: ‘ They shall stay fifteen days for the righteous, thirty days for the sinners.’ 16 (50). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! How shall I cleanse the house? How shall it be clean again ? Ahura Mazda answered : ‘You shall wash your bodies three times, you shall wash your clothes three times, you shall chant the Gathas three times; you shall offer up a sacrifice to my Fire, you shall bind up the bundles of Baresma, you shall bring libations to the good waters ; then the house shall be clean, and then the waters may enter, then the fire may enter, and then the Amesha- Spentas may enter, O Spitama Zarathustra !’ 17 (§3). If the son or the daughter of a cousin dies, how long shall they stay ? How long for the righteous ? How long for the sinners ? Ahura Mazda answered: ‘They shall stay ten days for the righteous, twenty days for the sinners.’ 18 (55). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! How shall I cleanse the house? How shall it be clean again? Ahura Mazda answered: ‘You shall wash your bodies three times, you shall wash your clothes three times, you shall chant the Gathas three times; you shall offer up a sacrifice to my Fire, you shall bind up the bundles of Baresma, you shall bring libations to the good waters; then the house shall be clean, and then the waters may enter, then the fire may enter, and then the Amesha- Spevtas may enter, O Spitama Zarathustra !’ 19 (58). If the grandson of a cousin or the granddaughter of a cousin dies, how long shall they stay? How long for the righteous? How long for the sinners? 154 VEND{DAD. Ahura Mazda answered: ‘ They shall stay five days for the righteous, ten days for the sinners.’ 20 (60). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! How shall I cleanse the house? How shall it be clean again?
2How long for the righteous? How long for the sinners? 154 VEND{DAD. Ahura Mazda answered: ‘ They shall stay five days for the righteous, ten days for the sinners.’ 20 (60). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! How shall I cleanse the house? How shall it be clean again? Ahura Mazda answered: ‘ You shall wash your bodies three times, you shall wash your clothes three times, you shall chant the G&athas three times; you shall offer up a sacrifice to my Fire, you shall bind up the bundles of Baresma, you shall bring libations to the good waters; then the house shall be clean, and then the waters may enter, then the fire may enter, and then the Amesha- Spemtas may enter, O Spitama Zarathustra !’ 21 (63). If a man dies, of whatever race he is, who does not belong to the true faith, or the true law', what part of the creation of the good spirit does he directly defile? What part does he indirectly defile ? 22*(65). Ahura Mazda answered: ‘ No more than a frog does whose venom is dried up, and that has been dead more than a year. Whilst alive, indeed, O Spitama Zarathustra! such wicked, two-legged ruffian as an ungodly Ashemaogha, directly defiles the creatures of the Good Spirit, and indirectly defiles them. 23 (70). ‘Whilst alive he smites the water ; whilst alive he blows out the fire; whilst alive he carries off the cow; whilst alive he smites the faithful man with a deadly blow, that parts the soul from the body ; not so will he do when dead. 24 (71). ‘Whilst alive, indeed, O Spitama Zarathustra! such wicked, two-legged ruffian as an 1 An infidel, whether he is a relation or not. * §§ 22-24=Farg. V, 36-38, text and notes. FARGARD XIII. 155 ungodly Ashemaogha, robs the faithful man of the full possession of his food, of his clothing, of his wood, of his bed, of his vessels; not so will he do when dead.’ FarRGARD XIII. The Dog. I (1-7). The dog of Ormazd and the dog of Ahriman. (a. 1-4). Holiness of the dog Vangh4para (‘the hedgehog’). (b. 5-7). Hatefulness of the dog Zairimyangura (‘the tortoise’). II (8-16). The several kinds of dogs. Penalties for the murder of a dog. III (17-19). On the duties of the shepherd’s dog and the housedog. IV (20-28). On the food due to the dog. V (29-38). On the mad dog and the dog diseased; how they are to be kept, and cured. VI (39-40). On the excellence of the dog. VII (41-43). On the wolf-dog. VIII (44-48). On the virtues and vices of the dog. IX (49-50). Praise of the dog. X (50-54). The water-dog. This Fargard is the only complete fragment, still in existence, of a large canine literature: a whole section of the Ganbé-sar-nigat Nask was dedicated to the dog (the so-called Fargard Pas(shafirvastan ; West, Dinkard (Pahlavi Texts, IV), VIII, 23; 24, 5; 33, &c.) Ia. 1, Which is the good creature among the creatures of the Good Spirit that from midnight till the sun is up goes and kills thousands of the creatures of the Evil Spirit ?
31, Which is the good creature among the creatures of the Good Spirit that from midnight till the sun is up goes and kills thousands of the creatures of the Evil Spirit ? 2 (3). Ahura Mazda answered: ‘The dog with the prickly back, with the long and thin muzzle, the 156 VEND{DAD. dog Vangh4para?, which evil-speaking people call the Duzaka*; this is the good creature among the creatures of the Good Spirit that from midnight till the sun is up goes and kills thousands of the creatures of the Evil Spirit. 3 (6). ‘And whosoever, O Zarathustra! shall kill the dog with the prickly back, with the long and thin muzzle, the dog Vanghapara, which evil-speaking people call the Duzaka, kills his own soul for nine generations, nor shall he find a way over the Kinvad bridge’, unless he has, while alive, atoned for his sin *.’ 4 (10). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a man kill the dog with the prickly back, with the long and thin muzzle, the dog Vanghapara, which evil-speaking people call the Duzaka, what is the penalty that he shall pay ? 1 The hedgehog. ‘ The hedgehog, according to the Bund. XIX, 28, is created in opposition to the ant that carries off grain, as it says that the hedgehog, every time that it voids urine into an ant’s nest, will destroy a thousand ants’ (Bund. XIX, 28; cf. Saddar 57). When the Arabs conquered Saistan, the inhabitants submitted on the condition that hedgehogs should not be killed nor hunted for, as they got rid of the vipers which swarm in that country. Every house had its hedgehog (Yaqout, Dictionnaire: de la Perse, p. 303). Plutarch counts the hedgehog amongst the animals sacred to the Magi (Quaestiones Conviviales, IV, 5, 2: tous 8 dd Zwpodorpov pdyous Tinav pév ev rois pddwora Tov xEpoaiov éxivor). * Duzaka is the popular name of the hedgehog (Pers. suza). It is not without importance which name is given to a being: ‘When called by its high name, it is powerful’ (Comm.); cf. § 6, and Farg. XVIII, 15. * The bridge leading to Paradise; see Farg. XIX, 30. ‘Cf. § 54. Framjf translates: ‘He cannot atone for it in his life even by performing a sacrifice to Sraosha’ (cf. Farg. IX, 56, text and note). FARGARD XIII. 157 Ahura Mazda answered: ‘A thousand stripes with the Aspahé-astra, a thousand stripes with the Sraoshé-Aarana.’ Ib. 5 (13). Which is the evil creature among the creatures of the Evil Spirit that from midnight till the sun is up goes and kills thousands of the creatures of the Good Spirit ? 6 (15). Ahura Mazda answered: ‘The daéva Zairimyangura', which evil-speaking people call the Zairimydka*, this is the evil creature among the creatures of the Evil Spirit that from midnight till the sun is up goes and kills thousands of the creatures of the Good Spirit.
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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