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1126. ‘Then he who has deen by the dead shall come to that approach to those other holes [which are for water]. 127. At the first hole he shall then purify over his own body once with water. 128. At the second hole he shall then purify over his own 1 This paragraph is omitted in the Pahlavi text, being merely given in the Avesta (for the sake of brevity) so far as the words are not included in the brackets. * The three holes for washing with water. * That is, three English inches south of the six furrows which separate the first six holes from the last three, at the point D on the plan. ‘ That is, the person undergoing purification shall be rubbed with dust until he is quite dry. 446 APPENDIX. body twice with water. 129. At the third hole he shall then purify over his own body thrice with water. 130. ‘Afterwards, he who is perfumed with sandarac (r4sn6)?, or benzoin, or aloes*, or any other of the most odoriferous of plants, (131) shall then put on zs clothes. 132. Then he who has been by the dead shall come to that approach, the approach to his abode®’ [a. The clothing is always cleansed by the Khshvash-maunghé (“the six-months’ process”) *. 5. Afarg® said two purifiers are requisite*, and of the two he is suitable who has performed the ritual ; thus they have been very unanimous; when he scores the furrow, washes that unclean person in the customary f/aces, and utters the Avesta he has performed it; the other, when he has not performed 2¢, 1 Av. urvasna (which is translated by Pahl. résn6) is supposed, in India, to mean sandal-wood. * These are supposed, in India, to be the two substances meant by the Av. vohf-gaona and vohf-kereti, which are merely transcribed by the Pahl. hfi-gén and hfi-keret. The Avesta text adds a fourth perfume, named hadh4 naépata, which is understood to mean the pomegranate bush, although that plant seems to yield no perfume. * For the continuation of the instructions see § 133; the text being here interrupted by a long Pahlavi commentary on the whole of the foregoing description of the ceremony. ‘ This sentence is evidently incomplete in the Pahlavi text. The process is thus described in Pahl. Vend. VII, 36 :—‘ If it be that s# is woven, they shall wash #/ over six times with bull’s urine, they shall scrape together six times on the earth wth :# [so that they quite dislodge its moisture purely], they shall wash ¢¢ over six times with water, and they shall perfume over 3/ six months at a window in the house.’ For the Avesta version of this description, which is nearly the same, see Sls. II, 95 n. 5 See Ep. I, v, 1. ® See Ep. I, vi, 4, I, ii, 7. IV. THE BARESHNOM CEREMONY. 447 is unsuitable; when Z¢here shall also be one who is suitable! he fully solemnizes a Vendidad service, for this purpose, with a dedication (shnuman6) 4 Srésh.
2II, 95 n. 5 See Ep. I, v, 1. ® See Ep. I, vi, 4, I, ii, 7. IV. THE BARESHNOM CEREMONY. 447 is unsuitable; when Z¢here shall also be one who is suitable! he fully solemnizes a Vendidad service, for this purpose, with a dedication (shnuman6) 4 Srésh. c. For every single person, at the least, one cup, alike of water and bull’s urine, is to be set down zz that place’, and at the beginning of its consecration z¢ is to be thoroughly inspected, and at the Vendidad zt is to be thoroughly inspected’; afterwards, when it is covered, z¢ is also well; the pebbles cast into z¢4 they should carry back to the holy-water, there is no use for them; when thoroughly consecrated it is always suitable, until it becomes quite fetid’. a, For the avoidance of an unsecluded (agib4l) menstruous woman nava vibazva drag6 (‘the length of nine fathoms’)* from her is necessary, when she stands nearest ; in a wild spot the herbage is to be dug up”; when they shall make che purifying place in the town, and a path, or a stream, or a wall does not extend into it, it is suitable ; and the cleanly plucking up of its small trees, extracting ¢em in the daytime with recttation of the Avesta of Zaratdst® —those which are thick not existing among the holes—is proper. e. And every one who digs the holes, with whatever he digs, avd whenever he digs, is suitable; four finger-6readths and two finger-dreadths® is no matter; 1 See Ep. I, vi, 7. * See Ep. I, vii, 1. * L4 has ‘i# is to be taken up,’ by omitting the first letter of nikfrisnd. * See Ep. I, vii, 16, II, iii, 2. 5 See Ep. I, viii, 1-6. ® See § 8. 7 See § 7. ® These twelve words do not occur in L4. ® See § 13. 448 APPENDIX. each hole is at a minimum aizstance of three feet!, at a maximum as much as one thoroughly purifies his body in; and ¢Key are to be formed in it from the north, and are to be dug in the direction towards its more southern side. jf. In the day/cme is the purifiers scoring of the furrows, and with a blade ¢hey are to be scored ; with the recital of the Avesta? they are to be scored; in the day ¢hey are to be scored’; in that day ¢hey are to be scored, when a furrow is scored, three Ashemvohis‘, the Fravarané®, whatever period of the day one considers 1¢ fo ée, the dedication 4o Srésh®, and its zzward prayer’ are to be taken up zawardly. g. It is also to be done inside it from the north, and its end is to be passed back at the end; for every single furrow ¢here is one Yath4-ahd-vairyé * at the least, and at the most as many as are possible for it; a furrow is not to be scored again for a furrow, until z¢ is to be put into use; whenever it is fully disturbed z¢ is to be scored again with the recital of its Avesta; when prepared for use and one scores 7¢ again it is no matter. 1 See §§ 14, 15. 3 The Ahunavar or Yath4-ahfi-vairy6 (see § g). ® So in L4. * See Dd. LXXIX, 1, note.
31 See §§ 14, 15. 3 The Ahunavar or Yath4-ahfi-vairy6 (see § g). ® So in L4. * See Dd. LXXIX, 1, note. * That is, the profession of faith (Yas. I, 65), which is as follows :—‘I will profess myself a Zarathustrian Masda-worshipper, opposed to the demons and of the Ahura faith.’ This is followed by the dedication to the period of the day, which is given for the first period only in Yas. I, 66, 67; the dedications for the other periods will be found in G4h II-V, 1. * Sir. I, 17. 7 See Dd. XL, 5, note. All the prayers here detailed are to be murmured merely as a preliminary spell, but while each furrow is being scored a further formula is to be recited (see § g). ® See pp. 385-386. IV. THE BARESHNOM CEREMONY. 449 A. Once the outside of the body is to be made quite clean from the bodily refuse! of the world ; axd the hair deng tied up—it is no use to cut the pubes (nihand)—e is also to be brought into it (the precinct) from the north to the holes. z. The purifier stands up on the right-hand side, and when he retains the zazward prayer from scoring the furrows? it is proper; when not, the prayer to be taken zxwardly by him—which is his utterance of Nemasé#4 ya 4rmaitis 1z4#4 (‘and the homage which is devotion and nourishment’)*—is also that which is to be uttered dy the unclean person; and when he is not able to speak, z¢ is both times to be uttered for him. j. And his hands are to be thoroughly washed three times, not in the inside; as ¢o the other customary farts (ptsak) Afarg has said three times, not in the inside, du¢ Médék-mdh* one time; also the water and bull's urine, such as are necessary for him, are to be conveyed on to him; and a portion (bahrak) is to be preserved for him away from the body, and, when anything comes upon him, a little bull's urine is to be dropped down upon him; likewise, 1 See Dd. XLVIII, 19 n. * That is, when he has not broken its spell by talking, since he began the scoring. ® These are the Avesta words from Yas. XLVIII, ro, c, of which the Pahlavi version is given in §§ 33, 34. * Written Médy6dk-mah in Ep. I, v,1. The statement here attributed to Méd6k-mi4h is ascribed to Afarg in Ep. I, vi, 7, 9, IL, ii, 6, but Afarg is there said to be ‘the prior deponent,’ as he is here ; we should, therefore, probably transpose the ‘three times’ and ‘one time’ in our text; the blunder having originated from the frequent substitution of han4 for aé@ in Pahlavi, both meaning ‘ this,’ while aé also means ‘one’ and is the cipher for ‘ 3.’ [18] Gg 450 APPENDIX. any customary part, while being washed by him, is to be preserved from that which is not washed ; when it comes upon it, it is improper.
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.
1126. ‘Then he who has deen by the dead shall come to that approach to those other holes [which are for water]. 127. At the first hole he shall then purify over his own body once with water. 128. At the second hole he shall then purify over his own 1 This paragraph is omitted in the Pahlavi text, being merely given in the Avesta (for the sake of brevity) so far as the words are not included in the brackets. * The three holes for washing with water. * That is, three English inches south of the six furrows which separate the first six holes from the last three, at the point D on the plan. ‘ That is, the person undergoing purification shall be rubbed with dust until he is quite dry. 446 APPENDIX. body twice with water. 129. At the third hole he shall then purify over his own body thrice with water. 130. ‘Afterwards, he who is perfumed with sandarac (r4sn6)?, or benzoin, or aloes*, or any other of the most odoriferous of plants, (131) shall then put on zs clothes. 132. Then he who has been by the dead shall come to that approach, the approach to his abode®’ [a. The clothing is always cleansed by the Khshvash-maunghé (“the six-months’ process”) *. 5. Afarg® said two purifiers are requisite*, and of the two he is suitable who has performed the ritual ; thus they have been very unanimous; when he scores the furrow, washes that unclean person in the customary f/aces, and utters the Avesta he has performed it; the other, when he has not performed 2¢, 1 Av. urvasna (which is translated by Pahl. résn6) is supposed, in India, to mean sandal-wood. * These are supposed, in India, to be the two substances meant by the Av. vohf-gaona and vohf-kereti, which are merely transcribed by the Pahl. hfi-gén and hfi-keret. The Avesta text adds a fourth perfume, named hadh4 naépata, which is understood to mean the pomegranate bush, although that plant seems to yield no perfume. * For the continuation of the instructions see § 133; the text being here interrupted by a long Pahlavi commentary on the whole of the foregoing description of the ceremony. ‘ This sentence is evidently incomplete in the Pahlavi text. The process is thus described in Pahl. Vend. VII, 36 :—‘ If it be that s# is woven, they shall wash #/ over six times with bull’s urine, they shall scrape together six times on the earth wth :# [so that they quite dislodge its moisture purely], they shall wash ¢¢ over six times with water, and they shall perfume over 3/ six months at a window in the house.’ For the Avesta version of this description, which is nearly the same, see Sls. II, 95 n. 5 See Ep. I, v, 1. ® See Ep. I, vi, 4, I, ii, 7. IV. THE BARESHNOM CEREMONY. 447 is unsuitable; when Z¢here shall also be one who is suitable! he fully solemnizes a Vendidad service, for this purpose, with a dedication (shnuman6) 4 Srésh.
2II, 95 n. 5 See Ep. I, v, 1. ® See Ep. I, vi, 4, I, ii, 7. IV. THE BARESHNOM CEREMONY. 447 is unsuitable; when Z¢here shall also be one who is suitable! he fully solemnizes a Vendidad service, for this purpose, with a dedication (shnuman6) 4 Srésh. c. For every single person, at the least, one cup, alike of water and bull’s urine, is to be set down zz that place’, and at the beginning of its consecration z¢ is to be thoroughly inspected, and at the Vendidad zt is to be thoroughly inspected’; afterwards, when it is covered, z¢ is also well; the pebbles cast into z¢4 they should carry back to the holy-water, there is no use for them; when thoroughly consecrated it is always suitable, until it becomes quite fetid’. a, For the avoidance of an unsecluded (agib4l) menstruous woman nava vibazva drag6 (‘the length of nine fathoms’)* from her is necessary, when she stands nearest ; in a wild spot the herbage is to be dug up”; when they shall make che purifying place in the town, and a path, or a stream, or a wall does not extend into it, it is suitable ; and the cleanly plucking up of its small trees, extracting ¢em in the daytime with recttation of the Avesta of Zaratdst® —those which are thick not existing among the holes—is proper. e. And every one who digs the holes, with whatever he digs, avd whenever he digs, is suitable; four finger-6readths and two finger-dreadths® is no matter; 1 See Ep. I, vi, 7. * See Ep. I, vii, 1. * L4 has ‘i# is to be taken up,’ by omitting the first letter of nikfrisnd. * See Ep. I, vii, 16, II, iii, 2. 5 See Ep. I, viii, 1-6. ® See § 8. 7 See § 7. ® These twelve words do not occur in L4. ® See § 13. 448 APPENDIX. each hole is at a minimum aizstance of three feet!, at a maximum as much as one thoroughly purifies his body in; and ¢Key are to be formed in it from the north, and are to be dug in the direction towards its more southern side. jf. In the day/cme is the purifiers scoring of the furrows, and with a blade ¢hey are to be scored ; with the recital of the Avesta? they are to be scored; in the day ¢hey are to be scored’; in that day ¢hey are to be scored, when a furrow is scored, three Ashemvohis‘, the Fravarané®, whatever period of the day one considers 1¢ fo ée, the dedication 4o Srésh®, and its zzward prayer’ are to be taken up zawardly. g. It is also to be done inside it from the north, and its end is to be passed back at the end; for every single furrow ¢here is one Yath4-ahd-vairyé * at the least, and at the most as many as are possible for it; a furrow is not to be scored again for a furrow, until z¢ is to be put into use; whenever it is fully disturbed z¢ is to be scored again with the recital of its Avesta; when prepared for use and one scores 7¢ again it is no matter. 1 See §§ 14, 15. 3 The Ahunavar or Yath4-ahfi-vairy6 (see § g). ® So in L4. * See Dd. LXXIX, 1, note.
31 See §§ 14, 15. 3 The Ahunavar or Yath4-ahfi-vairy6 (see § g). ® So in L4. * See Dd. LXXIX, 1, note. * That is, the profession of faith (Yas. I, 65), which is as follows :—‘I will profess myself a Zarathustrian Masda-worshipper, opposed to the demons and of the Ahura faith.’ This is followed by the dedication to the period of the day, which is given for the first period only in Yas. I, 66, 67; the dedications for the other periods will be found in G4h II-V, 1. * Sir. I, 17. 7 See Dd. XL, 5, note. All the prayers here detailed are to be murmured merely as a preliminary spell, but while each furrow is being scored a further formula is to be recited (see § g). ® See pp. 385-386. IV. THE BARESHNOM CEREMONY. 449 A. Once the outside of the body is to be made quite clean from the bodily refuse! of the world ; axd the hair deng tied up—it is no use to cut the pubes (nihand)—e is also to be brought into it (the precinct) from the north to the holes. z. The purifier stands up on the right-hand side, and when he retains the zazward prayer from scoring the furrows? it is proper; when not, the prayer to be taken zxwardly by him—which is his utterance of Nemasé#4 ya 4rmaitis 1z4#4 (‘and the homage which is devotion and nourishment’)*—is also that which is to be uttered dy the unclean person; and when he is not able to speak, z¢ is both times to be uttered for him. j. And his hands are to be thoroughly washed three times, not in the inside; as ¢o the other customary farts (ptsak) Afarg has said three times, not in the inside, du¢ Médék-mdh* one time; also the water and bull's urine, such as are necessary for him, are to be conveyed on to him; and a portion (bahrak) is to be preserved for him away from the body, and, when anything comes upon him, a little bull's urine is to be dropped down upon him; likewise, 1 See Dd. XLVIII, 19 n. * That is, when he has not broken its spell by talking, since he began the scoring. ® These are the Avesta words from Yas. XLVIII, ro, c, of which the Pahlavi version is given in §§ 33, 34. * Written Médy6dk-mah in Ep. I, v,1. The statement here attributed to Méd6k-mi4h is ascribed to Afarg in Ep. I, vi, 7, 9, IL, ii, 6, but Afarg is there said to be ‘the prior deponent,’ as he is here ; we should, therefore, probably transpose the ‘three times’ and ‘one time’ in our text; the blunder having originated from the frequent substitution of han4 for aé@ in Pahlavi, both meaning ‘ this,’ while aé also means ‘one’ and is the cipher for ‘ 3.’ [18] Gg 450 APPENDIX. any customary part, while being washed by him, is to be preserved from that which is not washed ; when it comes upon it, it is improper.
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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