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1VII, 4), or of taking and retaining a prayer (vag, see Chap. III, 6) inwardly, is one Tan&pfthar. 382 SHAYAST LA-SHAYAST. CuarptTer XVII. 1. This, too, Zaratist asked of Atharmazd, that is: ‘Which is the time when ome must not eat meat ?’ 2. Atharmazd gave a reply thus: ‘In a house when a person shall die, until three nights are completed, nothing whatever of meat is to be placed on a sacred cake (drén) therein and in 7¢s vicinity’ ; but these, such as milk, cheese, fruit, eggs, and preserves, are to be placed; avd nothing whatever of meat is to be eaten dy his relations*. 3. In all the three days it is necessary to perform the ceremonial (yazisn) of Srésh for this reason, because Srésh will be able to save his soul from the hands of the demons for the three days*; and when one con- 1 Reading va hamgéshak, the latter word being apparently used in a parallel passage in Pahl. Vend. VIII, 64 in old MSS.; this reading is, however, somewhat doubtful here, and perhaps we ought to read ‘on a sacred cake in that roofed place (pavan zak vamkfnfh) ;’ the last word being a possible term for ‘roofing’ as it stands, though it may be a miswriting of vimpés (Pers. bamp6és, ‘ roofing’). 2 The Parsis, nowadays (Dastftr Hoshangji says), do not cook for three days under a roof where a death has occurred, but obtain food from their neighbours and friends; but if the cookroom be under a separate roof, as often happens in India, they have no objection to cooking there. ® The soul is supposed to hover about the body for the first three nights after death, during which time it has to rely upon the angel Srésh (see Bund. XXX, 29) for protection from the demons, which the angel, it is presumed, will afford more efficiently if properly propitiated by the surviving relatives. At the third dawn after death (that is, the dawn of the fourth day inclusive of the day of death) the soul is supposed to depart finally for the other world (see AV. IV, 8-36, XVII, 5-27). CHAPTER XVII, I-6. 383 stantly performs a ceremonial a¢ every period (g4s)? in the three days 7z¢ is as good as though they should celebrate the whole religious ritual (hamak dtn6d) at one time. 4. And after the third night, af dawn, ome is to consecrate three sacred cakes (dr6n), one for Rashnd and Astdd, the second Jor Vaé the good’, and the third for the righteous guardian spirit (ard4i fravard); and clothing® is to be placed upon the sacred cake of the righteous guardian spirit. 5. For the fourth day it is allowable to slaughter a sheep‘, avd the fourth day the ceremonial (yazisn) of the righteous guardian spirit is to be performed; and afterwards are the tenthday, the monthly, and, then, the annual ceremonies ; and the first monthly is exactly on the thirtieth day, and the annual on the particular day*®. 6. When he ' These periods of the day are five in summer, and four in winter (see Bund. XXV, 9, 10).
26. When he ' These periods of the day are five in summer, and four in winter (see Bund. XXV, 9, 10). * The usual name of the angel R&m (the Vayu of Ram Yt.) who, with the angels Rashnf and Astdd, is supposed to be stationed at the Kinvad bridge, where the soul has to give an account of its actions during life shortly after the dawn following the third night after death (see AV. V, 3, CI, 21, note, Mkh. II, 115). 5 This clothing must be new and good, and is supposed to be supplied to the spirit to prevent its appearing unclothed in the other world, where the clothing of the soul is said to be formed ‘out of almsgivings’ (Chap. XII, 4); to fulfil which condition the clothes provided are presented to the officiating priests (see Saddar Bundahis LXXXVII). * Or ‘ goat.’ 5 That is, on the exact anniversary of the death; the sentence is rather obscure, but this appears to be the meaning. With regard to the ceremonies after a death, the Persian Rivayats give more details, which may be summarized as follows :—On each of the first three days a Srésh Yast is performed and a Srésh Drén consecrated (see Chap. III, 32, note). On the third night, in the middle of the Aiwisrfthrem G4h (dusk to midnight), a renuncia- 384 SHAYAST LA-SHAYAST. shall die at a place distant from that where the information arrives, when the three days’ ceremontes (satQth) are celebrated a¢ that place where he shall die z¢ is well, when not, their celebration is ¢o de af this place, avd from the ¢2me when the information arrives, until three nights are completed, it is necessary to perform the ceremonial of Srésh, and after three days and nights it is necessary to perform the ceremonial of the righteous guardian spirit.’ 7. /n one place z¢ is declared, that of him whose begetting is owing to the demons, of him who commits sodomy, and of him who performs the religious rites (din6) of apostasy, of none of the three do
3/n one place z¢ is declared, that of him whose begetting is owing to the demons, of him who commits sodomy, and of him who performs the religious rites (din6) of apostasy, of none of the three do tion of sin is performed in the house of the deceased; and in the Ushahin G4h (midnight to dawn) four Dréns are consecrated, one dedicated to the good V4é (N4-f veh), one to Rashn and Ast&d, one to Srésh, and one to the righteous (ash64n), and in front of the last are placed new and clean clothes with fruit, but without an egg. On the fourth day, at sunrise, the Dahman Afring4n (Yas. LIX) is recited, and then the Khfirshéd and Mihir NyAyis, after which the people in the house can first eat freshcooked meat. During the fourth day also the Yast of the righteous is performed, and the Dr6n of the righteous is consecrated; and the same again on the tenth day, together with the recitation of the Dahm4n Afringan. On the thirtieth day the Strézah (praise of the thirty days) is to be celebrated, with the dedication to the thirty days; thirty-three beans (lQvak) and thirty-three eggs, with fruit, being placed in front of the Drén, which is consecrated in the presence of fire; and, afterwards, the assistant priest consecrates a Drén for Srésh. The next day the chief priest consecrates a Drén for the righteous; a suit of clothes and fruit being placed in front of the Drdn. And each day a Yast of the righteous is performed, a Drén of the righteous is consecrated, and an Afring4n recited. On the same day every month the same Yast, Drdn, and Afring4n are celebrated ; a priest also undergoes the Bareshnim for the deceased, a Géti-kharfd (see Bund. XXX, 28) is performed, and three Vendidads dedicated to Srésh. On each day at the end of a year the Sirézah Yast is performed, and a Dr6én CHAPTER XVII, 7-9. 385 they restore the dead!, for this reason, because he whose begetting is owing to the demons is himself a demon *, and the soul of him who commits sodomy will become a demon’, and the soul of him who performs the religious rites of apostasy will become a darting snake ‘. 8. This, too, is revealed by the Avesta‘, that Aftharmazd spoke thus: ‘Give ye up the persons of all men, with the submissiveness of worshippers, to that man 4o whom the whole Avesta and Zand is easy°, so that he may make you acquainted with duties and good works ; because men go to hell for this veason, when they do not submit ¢hecy persons to priestly control (aérpatistAn), and do not become acquainted with duties and good works.’ 9. Query :—There is an action which, according to the Avesta’, is not good for a person to do, and the sentence of ‘worthy of death’ is set upon z¢; for one’s better preservation is ove not to do that action,
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Romanised transliteration as printed by the translator, not the original script. This is what we hold.
1VII, 4), or of taking and retaining a prayer (vag, see Chap. III, 6) inwardly, is one Tan&pfthar. 382 SHAYAST LA-SHAYAST. CuarptTer XVII. 1. This, too, Zaratist asked of Atharmazd, that is: ‘Which is the time when ome must not eat meat ?’ 2. Atharmazd gave a reply thus: ‘In a house when a person shall die, until three nights are completed, nothing whatever of meat is to be placed on a sacred cake (drén) therein and in 7¢s vicinity’ ; but these, such as milk, cheese, fruit, eggs, and preserves, are to be placed; avd nothing whatever of meat is to be eaten dy his relations*. 3. In all the three days it is necessary to perform the ceremonial (yazisn) of Srésh for this reason, because Srésh will be able to save his soul from the hands of the demons for the three days*; and when one con- 1 Reading va hamgéshak, the latter word being apparently used in a parallel passage in Pahl. Vend. VIII, 64 in old MSS.; this reading is, however, somewhat doubtful here, and perhaps we ought to read ‘on a sacred cake in that roofed place (pavan zak vamkfnfh) ;’ the last word being a possible term for ‘roofing’ as it stands, though it may be a miswriting of vimpés (Pers. bamp6és, ‘ roofing’). 2 The Parsis, nowadays (Dastftr Hoshangji says), do not cook for three days under a roof where a death has occurred, but obtain food from their neighbours and friends; but if the cookroom be under a separate roof, as often happens in India, they have no objection to cooking there. ® The soul is supposed to hover about the body for the first three nights after death, during which time it has to rely upon the angel Srésh (see Bund. XXX, 29) for protection from the demons, which the angel, it is presumed, will afford more efficiently if properly propitiated by the surviving relatives. At the third dawn after death (that is, the dawn of the fourth day inclusive of the day of death) the soul is supposed to depart finally for the other world (see AV. IV, 8-36, XVII, 5-27). CHAPTER XVII, I-6. 383 stantly performs a ceremonial a¢ every period (g4s)? in the three days 7z¢ is as good as though they should celebrate the whole religious ritual (hamak dtn6d) at one time. 4. And after the third night, af dawn, ome is to consecrate three sacred cakes (dr6n), one for Rashnd and Astdd, the second Jor Vaé the good’, and the third for the righteous guardian spirit (ard4i fravard); and clothing® is to be placed upon the sacred cake of the righteous guardian spirit. 5. For the fourth day it is allowable to slaughter a sheep‘, avd the fourth day the ceremonial (yazisn) of the righteous guardian spirit is to be performed; and afterwards are the tenthday, the monthly, and, then, the annual ceremonies ; and the first monthly is exactly on the thirtieth day, and the annual on the particular day*®. 6. When he ' These periods of the day are five in summer, and four in winter (see Bund. XXV, 9, 10).
26. When he ' These periods of the day are five in summer, and four in winter (see Bund. XXV, 9, 10). * The usual name of the angel R&m (the Vayu of Ram Yt.) who, with the angels Rashnf and Astdd, is supposed to be stationed at the Kinvad bridge, where the soul has to give an account of its actions during life shortly after the dawn following the third night after death (see AV. V, 3, CI, 21, note, Mkh. II, 115). 5 This clothing must be new and good, and is supposed to be supplied to the spirit to prevent its appearing unclothed in the other world, where the clothing of the soul is said to be formed ‘out of almsgivings’ (Chap. XII, 4); to fulfil which condition the clothes provided are presented to the officiating priests (see Saddar Bundahis LXXXVII). * Or ‘ goat.’ 5 That is, on the exact anniversary of the death; the sentence is rather obscure, but this appears to be the meaning. With regard to the ceremonies after a death, the Persian Rivayats give more details, which may be summarized as follows :—On each of the first three days a Srésh Yast is performed and a Srésh Drén consecrated (see Chap. III, 32, note). On the third night, in the middle of the Aiwisrfthrem G4h (dusk to midnight), a renuncia- 384 SHAYAST LA-SHAYAST. shall die at a place distant from that where the information arrives, when the three days’ ceremontes (satQth) are celebrated a¢ that place where he shall die z¢ is well, when not, their celebration is ¢o de af this place, avd from the ¢2me when the information arrives, until three nights are completed, it is necessary to perform the ceremonial of Srésh, and after three days and nights it is necessary to perform the ceremonial of the righteous guardian spirit.’ 7. /n one place z¢ is declared, that of him whose begetting is owing to the demons, of him who commits sodomy, and of him who performs the religious rites (din6) of apostasy, of none of the three do
3/n one place z¢ is declared, that of him whose begetting is owing to the demons, of him who commits sodomy, and of him who performs the religious rites (din6) of apostasy, of none of the three do tion of sin is performed in the house of the deceased; and in the Ushahin G4h (midnight to dawn) four Dréns are consecrated, one dedicated to the good V4é (N4-f veh), one to Rashn and Ast&d, one to Srésh, and one to the righteous (ash64n), and in front of the last are placed new and clean clothes with fruit, but without an egg. On the fourth day, at sunrise, the Dahman Afring4n (Yas. LIX) is recited, and then the Khfirshéd and Mihir NyAyis, after which the people in the house can first eat freshcooked meat. During the fourth day also the Yast of the righteous is performed, and the Dr6n of the righteous is consecrated; and the same again on the tenth day, together with the recitation of the Dahm4n Afringan. On the thirtieth day the Strézah (praise of the thirty days) is to be celebrated, with the dedication to the thirty days; thirty-three beans (lQvak) and thirty-three eggs, with fruit, being placed in front of the Drén, which is consecrated in the presence of fire; and, afterwards, the assistant priest consecrates a Drén for Srésh. The next day the chief priest consecrates a Drén for the righteous; a suit of clothes and fruit being placed in front of the Drdn. And each day a Yast of the righteous is performed, a Drén of the righteous is consecrated, and an Afring4n recited. On the same day every month the same Yast, Drdn, and Afring4n are celebrated ; a priest also undergoes the Bareshnim for the deceased, a Géti-kharfd (see Bund. XXX, 28) is performed, and three Vendidads dedicated to Srésh. On each day at the end of a year the Sirézah Yast is performed, and a Dr6én CHAPTER XVII, 7-9. 385 they restore the dead!, for this reason, because he whose begetting is owing to the demons is himself a demon *, and the soul of him who commits sodomy will become a demon’, and the soul of him who performs the religious rites of apostasy will become a darting snake ‘. 8. This, too, is revealed by the Avesta‘, that Aftharmazd spoke thus: ‘Give ye up the persons of all men, with the submissiveness of worshippers, to that man 4o whom the whole Avesta and Zand is easy°, so that he may make you acquainted with duties and good works ; because men go to hell for this veason, when they do not submit ¢hecy persons to priestly control (aérpatistAn), and do not become acquainted with duties and good works.’ 9. Query :—There is an action which, according to the Avesta’, is not good for a person to do, and the sentence of ‘worthy of death’ is set upon z¢; for one’s better preservation is ove not to do that action,
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