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1* Or, possibly, ‘on the spot she #s in on the occasion ;’ although it would appear from § 5 that the place referred to is the dashtanistn, or place of retirement for the unclean. ® Reading mask va salmth4, but both reading and meaning are doubtful. The first word may be muské, ‘ musk,’ and the other can be read sharmga4h, but, if so, the construction of the sentence is defective, as it stands in the MSS. * The dashtanist4n, a comfortless room or cell provided in every Parsi house for unclean persons to retire to, where they can see neither sun, moon, stars, fire, water, sacred vessels, nor righteous men; it ought to be fifteen steps (394 feet) from fire, 278 SHAYAST LA-SHAYAST. be retained znwardly. 7. When worship is celebrated a prayer is to be retained* zxwardly, and should menstruation occur the prayer is to be spoken out by her. 8. When in speaking ou¢ the prayer should menstruation occur, both afterwards, when the time was certain (avtgim4n), and now she is certain’, 9. When she retains a prayer z7wardly, and a call of nature arises, there is no need for her to speak ow the prayer, for the formula for the call is to be spoken by her ‘. 10. Hands sprinkled in ceremonial ablution (padiy4v), when a menstruous woman sees ¢hem, become quite unclean (apddity4v) by her look ®, and even when she looks hastily, and does not see the sacred twigs (bares6m), it is the same. 11. And om the subject of a house (khanak-1 baba), when a menstruous woman is above 2m it, and the sacred twigs water, and the sacred twigs, and three steps (8 feet) from righteous men (see § 33 and Vend. XVI, 1-10). 1 This kind of prayer (Av. v4, ‘a word or phrase,’ Pahl. v4g, Pers. baz) is a short formula, the beginning of which is to be muttered in a kind of whisper, or (according to the Pahlavi idiom) it ‘is to be taken’ and ‘ retained’ inwardly (as a protection while eating, praying, or performing other necessary acts) by strictly abstaining from all conversation, until the completion of the act, when the prayer or vag ‘is to be spoken out,’ that is, the conclusion of the formula is to be uttered aloud, and the person is then free to speak as he likes. Different formulas are used on different occasions. ® Kao has, ‘she retains a prayer.’ See Pahl. Vend. XVI, 5. * The meaning is, however, uncertain. * The Pahlavi text is as follows: Amat vag yakhsenunéd, pésinkaér (Pers. pésydr) bara yAtOnéd, as vag gfiftand kar l6it mamanas nask-i pavan amisn yemalelunisnd. Compare Pahl. Vend. XVI, 5. ® See Pahl. Vend. XVI, 10. CHAPTER III, 7-I4. 279
2Vend. XVI, 5. * The meaning is, however, uncertain. * The Pahlavi text is as follows: Amat vag yakhsenunéd, pésinkaér (Pers. pésydr) bara yAtOnéd, as vag gfiftand kar l6it mamanas nask-i pavan amisn yemalelunisnd. Compare Pahl. Vend. XVI, 5. ® See Pahl. Vend. XVI, 10. CHAPTER III, 7-I4. 279 stand right below, if even fully fifteen steps below, even then the sacred twigs are unclean (ap4dty4z)?; but when not right de/ow fifteen steps are plenty. 12. Prepared food which is within three steps of a menstruous woman is polluted by her, and food which she delivers up (bar4 pardazéd@) from her morning meal (44sht) is not fit for the evening meal (s4m), nor that which she delivers up from her evening meal for the morning meal; it is not fit even for the same woman?; and water which is within three steps of her, when they shall put z¢ into a pail (dabal) or ablution-vessel (p4dtyAvd4n), and shall do z¢ without handling (ayadman), is f¢ for the hands in ceremonial ablution. 13. When she touches the bedding * and garments of any one, Sdshyans * said that so much space is to be washed with bull’s urine (g6méz) and water; her bedding which touches the bedding of any one does not make z¢ polluted. 14. A menstruous woman who becomes clean in three nights is not to be washed till the fifth day; from the fifth day onwards to the ninth day, when- ’ Pahl. Vend. XVI, 10 says, ‘everything, when at the right distance, is proper, except only that one case, when uncleanness is above and cleanness also right below; although it be even much below, yet it is not proper.’ In such a case the prescribed distance of fifteen steps is not sufficient; therefore, the dasht4nistan should be on the ground floor, not over an underground watertank, nor within fifteen steps of the water in such a tank. * Or, possibly, ham nésman may mean ‘a companion woman,’ when two or more are secluded at the same time. Pahl. Vend. XVI, 17 says, ‘food delivered up by a menstruous woman is of no use whatever, it is not proper; in par/s free from pollution (gavidvasnd), in those likewise it is not proper ;’ the reading gavidvasnd (proposed by Dastir Hoshangji) is, however, doubtful. 5 Or ‘clothing,’ vistarg. * See Chap. I, 3. ° 280 SHAYAST LA-SHAYAST. ever she becomes clean, she is to sit down in cleanliness one day for the sake of her depletion (tihtk), and then she is /i¢ for washing; and after nine nights the depletion is no matter’. 15. A woman who 4as brought forth or miscarried (nas4i), during forty days sees whenever sfe is polluted ; but when she knows for certain that she is Sree from menstruation she is, thereupon, to be associated with meanwhile (vadas), from the forty days? onward; but when she knows for certain that ¢here 7s something of it, she is to be considered meanwhile as menstruous.
3onward; but when she knows for certain that ¢here 7s something of it, she is to be considered meanwhile as menstruous. 16. A menstruous woman when she as sat one month as menstruous, and becomes clean on the thirtieth day, when at the very same time she became quite clean she also becomes again menstruous, her depletion (tihtk) is from z¢s beginning, and till the fifth day washing is not allowable. 17. And when she is washed from the menstruation, and has sat three days in cleanliness, and again becomes menstruous as from the beginning, four days are to be watched through by her, and the fifth day is for washing*®. 18. When she has become free 1 See Pahl. Vend. XVI, 22. The Hebrew law (Lev. xv. 1g) prescribes a fixed period of seven days, except in abnormal cases. 2 The same period of seclusion as appointed by the Hebrew “ Jaw, after the birth of a man child (see Lev. xii. 2-4). The Avesta law (Vend. V, 135-159) prescribes only twelve nights’ seclusion, divided into two periods of three and nine nights respectively, as the Hebrew woman’s seclusion is divided into periods of seven and thirty-three days. , 5 The substance of §§ 16, 17 is given in Pahl. Vend. XVI, 22, but in language even more obscure than here. The washing mentioned here is merely for the first menstruation ; that for the second one being prescribed in § 18. CHAPTER III, 15-22. 281 from the second menstruation she is not in cleanliness for nine days and nights,—these days and nights are for watching,—azd then she is to be washed; when the nine days avd nights are completed, on the same day washing is good’. 19. Of leucorrhoea (Atharak)*, when it as quite changed colour, that which comes on before and also that which is after menstruation, the pollution is just like ¢hat of menstruation. 20. When she as become so completely clean from menstruation that her, washing may be as usual (dastébarag hae), she does not make the sacred twigs (baresém), or even other things, polluted when beyond three steps. 21, On account of severe cold it is allowable for her to sit out towards® the fire; and while she washes a prayer (v4g) is to be taken zxwardly by her‘, and the washing of her hands, except with bull’s urine (géméz), is not proper till ken; and when ¢hey are washed by her, two hundred noxious creatures are to be destroyed by her as atonement for sin. 22. A woman who goes beyond the period of menstruation 5, and, afterwards, sees she is polluted, when her pregnancy is certain—except when her 1 In such abnormal cases the Hebrew law (Lev. xv. 25-28) prescribes seven days’ seclusion after recovery. 3 Av. Aithra, see explanation of siharak-hémand (Av. dithravand) in Pahl. Vend. XVI, 1, 34. > Dastir Jam4spji reads val bavan-i 4t4sh, ‘to the part of the fire.’ From what follows it would seem doubtful whether this distant approach to the fire is allowable until she is ready for washing. * See § 6, note. ® Or, ‘goes up from the place of menstruation.’ 282 SHAYAST LA-SHAYAST.
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* Or, possibly, ‘on the spot she #s in on the occasion ;’ although it would appear from § 5 that the place referred to is the dashtanistn, or place of retirement for the unclean. ® Reading mask va salmth4, but both reading and meaning are doubtful. The first word may be muské, ‘ musk,’ and the other can be read sharmga4h, but, if so, the construction of the sentence is defective, as it stands in the MSS. * The dashtanist4n, a comfortless room or cell provided in every Parsi house for unclean persons to retire to, where they can see neither sun, moon, stars, fire, water, sacred vessels, nor righteous men; it ought to be fifteen steps (394 feet) from fire, 278 SHAYAST LA-SHAYAST. be retained znwardly. 7. When worship is celebrated a prayer is to be retained* zxwardly, and should menstruation occur the prayer is to be spoken out by her. 8. When in speaking ou¢ the prayer should menstruation occur, both afterwards, when the time was certain (avtgim4n), and now she is certain’, 9. When she retains a prayer z7wardly, and a call of nature arises, there is no need for her to speak ow the prayer, for the formula for the call is to be spoken by her ‘. 10. Hands sprinkled in ceremonial ablution (padiy4v), when a menstruous woman sees ¢hem, become quite unclean (apddity4v) by her look ®, and even when she looks hastily, and does not see the sacred twigs (bares6m), it is the same. 11. And om the subject of a house (khanak-1 baba), when a menstruous woman is above 2m it, and the sacred twigs water, and the sacred twigs, and three steps (8 feet) from righteous men (see § 33 and Vend. XVI, 1-10). 1 This kind of prayer (Av. v4, ‘a word or phrase,’ Pahl. v4g, Pers. baz) is a short formula, the beginning of which is to be muttered in a kind of whisper, or (according to the Pahlavi idiom) it ‘is to be taken’ and ‘ retained’ inwardly (as a protection while eating, praying, or performing other necessary acts) by strictly abstaining from all conversation, until the completion of the act, when the prayer or vag ‘is to be spoken out,’ that is, the conclusion of the formula is to be uttered aloud, and the person is then free to speak as he likes. Different formulas are used on different occasions. ® Kao has, ‘she retains a prayer.’ See Pahl. Vend. XVI, 5. * The meaning is, however, uncertain. * The Pahlavi text is as follows: Amat vag yakhsenunéd, pésinkaér (Pers. pésydr) bara yAtOnéd, as vag gfiftand kar l6it mamanas nask-i pavan amisn yemalelunisnd. Compare Pahl. Vend. XVI, 5. ® See Pahl. Vend. XVI, 10. CHAPTER III, 7-I4. 279
2Vend. XVI, 5. * The meaning is, however, uncertain. * The Pahlavi text is as follows: Amat vag yakhsenunéd, pésinkaér (Pers. pésydr) bara yAtOnéd, as vag gfiftand kar l6it mamanas nask-i pavan amisn yemalelunisnd. Compare Pahl. Vend. XVI, 5. ® See Pahl. Vend. XVI, 10. CHAPTER III, 7-I4. 279 stand right below, if even fully fifteen steps below, even then the sacred twigs are unclean (ap4dty4z)?; but when not right de/ow fifteen steps are plenty. 12. Prepared food which is within three steps of a menstruous woman is polluted by her, and food which she delivers up (bar4 pardazéd@) from her morning meal (44sht) is not fit for the evening meal (s4m), nor that which she delivers up from her evening meal for the morning meal; it is not fit even for the same woman?; and water which is within three steps of her, when they shall put z¢ into a pail (dabal) or ablution-vessel (p4dtyAvd4n), and shall do z¢ without handling (ayadman), is f¢ for the hands in ceremonial ablution. 13. When she touches the bedding * and garments of any one, Sdshyans * said that so much space is to be washed with bull’s urine (g6méz) and water; her bedding which touches the bedding of any one does not make z¢ polluted. 14. A menstruous woman who becomes clean in three nights is not to be washed till the fifth day; from the fifth day onwards to the ninth day, when- ’ Pahl. Vend. XVI, 10 says, ‘everything, when at the right distance, is proper, except only that one case, when uncleanness is above and cleanness also right below; although it be even much below, yet it is not proper.’ In such a case the prescribed distance of fifteen steps is not sufficient; therefore, the dasht4nistan should be on the ground floor, not over an underground watertank, nor within fifteen steps of the water in such a tank. * Or, possibly, ham nésman may mean ‘a companion woman,’ when two or more are secluded at the same time. Pahl. Vend. XVI, 17 says, ‘food delivered up by a menstruous woman is of no use whatever, it is not proper; in par/s free from pollution (gavidvasnd), in those likewise it is not proper ;’ the reading gavidvasnd (proposed by Dastir Hoshangji) is, however, doubtful. 5 Or ‘clothing,’ vistarg. * See Chap. I, 3. ° 280 SHAYAST LA-SHAYAST. ever she becomes clean, she is to sit down in cleanliness one day for the sake of her depletion (tihtk), and then she is /i¢ for washing; and after nine nights the depletion is no matter’. 15. A woman who 4as brought forth or miscarried (nas4i), during forty days sees whenever sfe is polluted ; but when she knows for certain that she is Sree from menstruation she is, thereupon, to be associated with meanwhile (vadas), from the forty days? onward; but when she knows for certain that ¢here 7s something of it, she is to be considered meanwhile as menstruous.
3onward; but when she knows for certain that ¢here 7s something of it, she is to be considered meanwhile as menstruous. 16. A menstruous woman when she as sat one month as menstruous, and becomes clean on the thirtieth day, when at the very same time she became quite clean she also becomes again menstruous, her depletion (tihtk) is from z¢s beginning, and till the fifth day washing is not allowable. 17. And when she is washed from the menstruation, and has sat three days in cleanliness, and again becomes menstruous as from the beginning, four days are to be watched through by her, and the fifth day is for washing*®. 18. When she has become free 1 See Pahl. Vend. XVI, 22. The Hebrew law (Lev. xv. 1g) prescribes a fixed period of seven days, except in abnormal cases. 2 The same period of seclusion as appointed by the Hebrew “ Jaw, after the birth of a man child (see Lev. xii. 2-4). The Avesta law (Vend. V, 135-159) prescribes only twelve nights’ seclusion, divided into two periods of three and nine nights respectively, as the Hebrew woman’s seclusion is divided into periods of seven and thirty-three days. , 5 The substance of §§ 16, 17 is given in Pahl. Vend. XVI, 22, but in language even more obscure than here. The washing mentioned here is merely for the first menstruation ; that for the second one being prescribed in § 18. CHAPTER III, 15-22. 281 from the second menstruation she is not in cleanliness for nine days and nights,—these days and nights are for watching,—azd then she is to be washed; when the nine days avd nights are completed, on the same day washing is good’. 19. Of leucorrhoea (Atharak)*, when it as quite changed colour, that which comes on before and also that which is after menstruation, the pollution is just like ¢hat of menstruation. 20. When she as become so completely clean from menstruation that her, washing may be as usual (dastébarag hae), she does not make the sacred twigs (baresém), or even other things, polluted when beyond three steps. 21, On account of severe cold it is allowable for her to sit out towards® the fire; and while she washes a prayer (v4g) is to be taken zxwardly by her‘, and the washing of her hands, except with bull’s urine (géméz), is not proper till ken; and when ¢hey are washed by her, two hundred noxious creatures are to be destroyed by her as atonement for sin. 22. A woman who goes beyond the period of menstruation 5, and, afterwards, sees she is polluted, when her pregnancy is certain—except when her 1 In such abnormal cases the Hebrew law (Lev. xv. 25-28) prescribes seven days’ seclusion after recovery. 3 Av. Aithra, see explanation of siharak-hémand (Av. dithravand) in Pahl. Vend. XVI, 1, 34. > Dastir Jam4spji reads val bavan-i 4t4sh, ‘to the part of the fire.’ From what follows it would seem doubtful whether this distant approach to the fire is allowable until she is ready for washing. * See § 6, note. ® Or, ‘goes up from the place of menstruation.’ 282 SHAYAST LA-SHAYAST.
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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