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1337 worthy of death’. 2. And? it asserts in revelation, that axy year when the locust comes profusely®, it comes for the reason that dead matter is brought to water and fire. 3. And, zz like manner, the winter is colder, and the summer is hotter. Cuapter LX XIII. 1. The seventy-third subject is this, that, when a cow or a goat das eaten dead matter‘, in any place, nothing whatever of z¢s flesh, ov milk, or hair, should come into use for one year. 2. After that one year it is clean: and, if it be pregnant, its young one is likewise not clean for one year. 3. And if a domestic fowl Zas eaten dead matter, its flesh and eggs are, zz like manner, not clean for one year. CuapTrer LX XIV. 1. The seventy-fourth subject is this, that a¢ dawn, when they rise up from sleep, it is first necessary to throw something® on the hands, that is the hand- 1 See Pahl. Vend. VII, 65-71. 8 Lp, B2g have ‘for.’ * La has s4l, and Bzg san for ‘year ;’ Lp has ‘that when the bés and locust come profusely.’ The bés may be either a poisonous plant (Wapellus Moysis), or ‘ distress.’ * See Pahl. Vend. VII, 189-192, Sls. II, 109. 5 According to the long-metre Sad Dar this ‘something’ (as in Chap. L) is Nirang, the ritualistic liquid or consecrated bull’s urine (see Chap. XXXVI, 7n). This chapter is, to some extent, a repetition of Chap. L. [24] Zz 338 SAD DAR. cleansing’, 2. Afterwards, ‘hey ave to wash the hands quite clean with water, 7 such manner that they are to wash the hands three times from the forearm (s4’hid) to the end of the hand; and the face is washed from behind the ears to below the chin and up to the crown of the head; and one washes the feet three times thoroughly, as far as the leg'(sq); then one recites the Kem-na-mazda *. 3. If it be a place where ¢here is no water, and the risk be that the cme for the Ny4yis* should pass by, it is requisite to cleanse‘ the hands three times wzth dust, and to perform the Ny4yis. 4. Afterwards, when ome arrives at water, ke zs to wash the hands and face a second time, and to accomplish the Ny4yis > 5. Before ¢he teme when one throws something on the hands it is not proper to wash the hands and face, and it is a Tan4var sin; it is also not possible to work at anything whatever wztk the hands and face not washed. Cuarter LXXV. 1. The seventy-fifth subject is this, that, when they wish to provide a supply of water for any cultivated /and, it is first necessary that they make } Lp adds ‘or some grass upon which no water has come, or fruit, is also to go into the nose and eyes, and make ¢hem clean’ (see Chap. L, 2). 3 See Chap. XXXV, 2 n. - § The salutation of the sun (see Chap. VI, 2). ‘ Bzg inserts ‘ the face and.’ 5 Bag omits § 4. CHAPTER LXXIV, 2—LXXVI, 4. 339
2L, 2). 3 See Chap. XXXV, 2 n. - § The salutation of the sun (see Chap. VI, 2). ‘ Bzg inserts ‘ the face and.’ 5 Bag omits § 4. CHAPTER LXXIV, 2—LXXVI, 4. 339 an inspection through every course and channel! of the water, 4o ascertain whether there be dead matter therein, or not; and, after that, ‘hrough the water 7x like manner. 2. If they be in the middle of it, when the water is within their cultivated /and, and dead ‘matter comes in sight, if it be possible to ward 7¢ off one wards zt off, and if it be possible to divert the water one diverts z#, 3. And if the water arrives with dead matter unawares, it is no sin for them. 4. But if no inspection of the stream and cultivated land be made, and the water arrives with dead matter, those people are polluted, and it is necessary to perform the Bareshnim ceremony? as regards their heads. CHAPTER LX XVI. 1. The seventy-sixth subject is this, when a woman brings forth, it is necessary that she should not wash her head for twenty-one days, nor put her hand again on anything, nor walk on a terrace-roof, nor put Aer foot on a threshold in 4er habitation. 2. And after the twenty-one days, if she sees herself 7m such a state that she is able to wash er head, she washes fer head. 3. And, after that, until the coming on of the fortieth day, it is requisite to abstain from the vicinity of a fire and anything that is wooden® or earthen; it is also requisite to abstain from everything of her cooking and potboiling*. 4. Afterwards, when it is forty days, she zs 1 B2g has ‘ when any one wishes to enter into participation of a cultivated field, it is first necessary to observe in every course.’ 3 See Chap. XXXVI, 1n. * La ‘has, Bzg £6bin; Lp has ‘hftris, ‘food.’ * Bzg omits these thirteen words. Z2 340 SAD DAR. to wash her head, and it is proper for her to do every ind of work. 5. Till the lapse of a second! forty days it is not proper for her husband to make an approach to her, for it is a great sin, and it is possible that she may become pregnant a second time, as within a perzod of forty days women become very quickly pregnant?. 6. And if after the fvs¢ forty days she sees herself impure, unless she knows with accuracy that it has come from the infant, it is necessary to consider if she be menstruous. CuarpTter LX XVII. 1. The seventy-seventh subject is this, that, when a woman’s infant is still-born, it is necessary to give her first something washed with ceremony and brought wth fire-ashes’, so that it may make the heart within her pure. 2. After that, for three days, it is altogether improper to give her water, ov anything in which ¢here is water or salt. 3. And these three days are from period to period‘, zz such a 1 Only Bzg and the Gugarati have ‘a second.’ 2 Bzg omits these twelve words.
32. After that, for three days, it is altogether improper to give her water, ov anything in which ¢here is water or salt. 3. And these three days are from period to period‘, zz such a 1 Only Bzg and the Gugarati have ‘a second.’ 2 Bzg omits these twelve words. 5 So in Bzg, which agrees with Vend. VII, 163, but La, Lp are defective. The ‘something’ means consecrated bull’s urine, as in Chap. LXXIV, 1; this, mingled with ashes, is prescribed as the first thing to be tasted by the woman. * That is, from the given hour to the same hour on the third day, although, from what follows, it appears that, if the given hour were in the middle of any period of the day, the third day would expire at the beginning of the third similar period. Whether the three days are to be inclusive, or exclusive, of the day when the term begins, that is, whether the term is to be nearly 48 or 72 hours, is not very clear. CHAPTER LXXVI, 5-LXXVIII, I. 341 manner that, if the duty of mid-day! prayer has occurred, they extend till the mid-day prayer itself, and she ts to pass over one other hour and it is then proper to swallow water. 4. After that, till the lapse of forty days, she zs to sit apart again, and, afterwards, to undergo the Bareshndm cevemony?. 5. On the infant’s becoming a four-months’ chz/d, whenever it is s¢//-born it is a dead dody*, for the reason that so long as it does not reach the fourth month life does not come to it. 6. And if after three months this affair occurs, ove zs to exercise great caution (i‘htiy42) and to insist strictly on this matter. 7. For our religion has reiterated on this matter that, if ove be polluted and do not keep himself pure, so long as he is living he never becomes clean from that pollution. 8. That, if he wash 7s head ten thousand times in ceremonial ablution, he certainly does not any way become pure from it*. 9. Because this pollution is not from without; it is from within every bone and vein and tendon; avd water makes clean only anything that is on the skin. 10. Impurity which is zz the bones, except ¢hrough the liguid consecrated by the religious formula, does not otherwise become clean. Cuarter LX XVIII. 1. The seventy-eighth subject is this, that in every habitation where any one departs, passing away from } Literally ‘ former, early.’ 2 See Chap. XXXVI, rn. 5 And, therefore, to be treated with all the precautions necessary in dealing with a corpse to avoid the pollution alluded to in §§ 7to. Hence the necessity of careful enquiry in doubtful cases, as recommended in § 6. * B2g omits § 8. 5 See Chap. XXXVI, 7n. 342 SAD DAR. the world, it is necessary to endeavour that they may not eat and not consecrate fresh meat for three days therein’. 2. Because the danger is that some one else may depart, passing away; so the relations of that former person should not eat meat for three days. CuarpTer LX XIX.
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Romanised transliteration as printed by the translator, not the original script. This is what we hold.
1337 worthy of death’. 2. And? it asserts in revelation, that axy year when the locust comes profusely®, it comes for the reason that dead matter is brought to water and fire. 3. And, zz like manner, the winter is colder, and the summer is hotter. Cuapter LX XIII. 1. The seventy-third subject is this, that, when a cow or a goat das eaten dead matter‘, in any place, nothing whatever of z¢s flesh, ov milk, or hair, should come into use for one year. 2. After that one year it is clean: and, if it be pregnant, its young one is likewise not clean for one year. 3. And if a domestic fowl Zas eaten dead matter, its flesh and eggs are, zz like manner, not clean for one year. CuapTrer LX XIV. 1. The seventy-fourth subject is this, that a¢ dawn, when they rise up from sleep, it is first necessary to throw something® on the hands, that is the hand- 1 See Pahl. Vend. VII, 65-71. 8 Lp, B2g have ‘for.’ * La has s4l, and Bzg san for ‘year ;’ Lp has ‘that when the bés and locust come profusely.’ The bés may be either a poisonous plant (Wapellus Moysis), or ‘ distress.’ * See Pahl. Vend. VII, 189-192, Sls. II, 109. 5 According to the long-metre Sad Dar this ‘something’ (as in Chap. L) is Nirang, the ritualistic liquid or consecrated bull’s urine (see Chap. XXXVI, 7n). This chapter is, to some extent, a repetition of Chap. L. [24] Zz 338 SAD DAR. cleansing’, 2. Afterwards, ‘hey ave to wash the hands quite clean with water, 7 such manner that they are to wash the hands three times from the forearm (s4’hid) to the end of the hand; and the face is washed from behind the ears to below the chin and up to the crown of the head; and one washes the feet three times thoroughly, as far as the leg'(sq); then one recites the Kem-na-mazda *. 3. If it be a place where ¢here is no water, and the risk be that the cme for the Ny4yis* should pass by, it is requisite to cleanse‘ the hands three times wzth dust, and to perform the Ny4yis. 4. Afterwards, when ome arrives at water, ke zs to wash the hands and face a second time, and to accomplish the Ny4yis > 5. Before ¢he teme when one throws something on the hands it is not proper to wash the hands and face, and it is a Tan4var sin; it is also not possible to work at anything whatever wztk the hands and face not washed. Cuarter LXXV. 1. The seventy-fifth subject is this, that, when they wish to provide a supply of water for any cultivated /and, it is first necessary that they make } Lp adds ‘or some grass upon which no water has come, or fruit, is also to go into the nose and eyes, and make ¢hem clean’ (see Chap. L, 2). 3 See Chap. XXXV, 2 n. - § The salutation of the sun (see Chap. VI, 2). ‘ Bzg inserts ‘ the face and.’ 5 Bag omits § 4. CHAPTER LXXIV, 2—LXXVI, 4. 339
2L, 2). 3 See Chap. XXXV, 2 n. - § The salutation of the sun (see Chap. VI, 2). ‘ Bzg inserts ‘ the face and.’ 5 Bag omits § 4. CHAPTER LXXIV, 2—LXXVI, 4. 339 an inspection through every course and channel! of the water, 4o ascertain whether there be dead matter therein, or not; and, after that, ‘hrough the water 7x like manner. 2. If they be in the middle of it, when the water is within their cultivated /and, and dead ‘matter comes in sight, if it be possible to ward 7¢ off one wards zt off, and if it be possible to divert the water one diverts z#, 3. And if the water arrives with dead matter unawares, it is no sin for them. 4. But if no inspection of the stream and cultivated land be made, and the water arrives with dead matter, those people are polluted, and it is necessary to perform the Bareshnim ceremony? as regards their heads. CHAPTER LX XVI. 1. The seventy-sixth subject is this, when a woman brings forth, it is necessary that she should not wash her head for twenty-one days, nor put her hand again on anything, nor walk on a terrace-roof, nor put Aer foot on a threshold in 4er habitation. 2. And after the twenty-one days, if she sees herself 7m such a state that she is able to wash er head, she washes fer head. 3. And, after that, until the coming on of the fortieth day, it is requisite to abstain from the vicinity of a fire and anything that is wooden® or earthen; it is also requisite to abstain from everything of her cooking and potboiling*. 4. Afterwards, when it is forty days, she zs 1 B2g has ‘ when any one wishes to enter into participation of a cultivated field, it is first necessary to observe in every course.’ 3 See Chap. XXXVI, 1n. * La ‘has, Bzg £6bin; Lp has ‘hftris, ‘food.’ * Bzg omits these thirteen words. Z2 340 SAD DAR. to wash her head, and it is proper for her to do every ind of work. 5. Till the lapse of a second! forty days it is not proper for her husband to make an approach to her, for it is a great sin, and it is possible that she may become pregnant a second time, as within a perzod of forty days women become very quickly pregnant?. 6. And if after the fvs¢ forty days she sees herself impure, unless she knows with accuracy that it has come from the infant, it is necessary to consider if she be menstruous. CuarpTter LX XVII. 1. The seventy-seventh subject is this, that, when a woman’s infant is still-born, it is necessary to give her first something washed with ceremony and brought wth fire-ashes’, so that it may make the heart within her pure. 2. After that, for three days, it is altogether improper to give her water, ov anything in which ¢here is water or salt. 3. And these three days are from period to period‘, zz such a 1 Only Bzg and the Gugarati have ‘a second.’ 2 Bzg omits these twelve words.
32. After that, for three days, it is altogether improper to give her water, ov anything in which ¢here is water or salt. 3. And these three days are from period to period‘, zz such a 1 Only Bzg and the Gugarati have ‘a second.’ 2 Bzg omits these twelve words. 5 So in Bzg, which agrees with Vend. VII, 163, but La, Lp are defective. The ‘something’ means consecrated bull’s urine, as in Chap. LXXIV, 1; this, mingled with ashes, is prescribed as the first thing to be tasted by the woman. * That is, from the given hour to the same hour on the third day, although, from what follows, it appears that, if the given hour were in the middle of any period of the day, the third day would expire at the beginning of the third similar period. Whether the three days are to be inclusive, or exclusive, of the day when the term begins, that is, whether the term is to be nearly 48 or 72 hours, is not very clear. CHAPTER LXXVI, 5-LXXVIII, I. 341 manner that, if the duty of mid-day! prayer has occurred, they extend till the mid-day prayer itself, and she ts to pass over one other hour and it is then proper to swallow water. 4. After that, till the lapse of forty days, she zs to sit apart again, and, afterwards, to undergo the Bareshndm cevemony?. 5. On the infant’s becoming a four-months’ chz/d, whenever it is s¢//-born it is a dead dody*, for the reason that so long as it does not reach the fourth month life does not come to it. 6. And if after three months this affair occurs, ove zs to exercise great caution (i‘htiy42) and to insist strictly on this matter. 7. For our religion has reiterated on this matter that, if ove be polluted and do not keep himself pure, so long as he is living he never becomes clean from that pollution. 8. That, if he wash 7s head ten thousand times in ceremonial ablution, he certainly does not any way become pure from it*. 9. Because this pollution is not from without; it is from within every bone and vein and tendon; avd water makes clean only anything that is on the skin. 10. Impurity which is zz the bones, except ¢hrough the liguid consecrated by the religious formula, does not otherwise become clean. Cuarter LX XVIII. 1. The seventy-eighth subject is this, that in every habitation where any one departs, passing away from } Literally ‘ former, early.’ 2 See Chap. XXXVI, rn. 5 And, therefore, to be treated with all the precautions necessary in dealing with a corpse to avoid the pollution alluded to in §§ 7to. Hence the necessity of careful enquiry in doubtful cases, as recommended in § 6. * B2g omits § 8. 5 See Chap. XXXVI, 7n. 342 SAD DAR. the world, it is necessary to endeavour that they may not eat and not consecrate fresh meat for three days therein’. 2. Because the danger is that some one else may depart, passing away; so the relations of that former person should not eat meat for three days. CuarpTer LX XIX.
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