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Romanised transliteration as printed by the translator, not the original script. This is what we hold.
1* Who allows the debtor a longer time for repayment. 5 Literally ‘bodily form.’ The seizure of a slave of the debtor to work off the amount of the debt is evidently meant. ‘ Reading va-sakisnd instead of the very similarly-written nikézisnd, ‘explanation,’ of the MS, CHAPTER XLI, 27-34. 143 severally, ¢o the end of the winter as regards the cloak, and to the end of the summer as regards the water-skin ; that is, for how much gain upon that one cloak, ov water-skin, is the retribution of the confiscator to whom z¢ zs appertaining!; azd whatever is on the same subject. 31. About the increase of grains, and that of sheep with the progeny, milk, and wool that they may severally produce. 32. About the confiscation of clothes and implements by delivering ‘hem back to him who specially reckons many as his own?; that is, how the produce (vakhsh) increases when he orders ¢hety use imperfectly, how it does when “e does so not imperfectly, and how it does when he keeps ¢hem in inactivity. 33. About the produce of land on which grain is cast, and of that on which z¢ 7s not cast (va-zak-t an-madam ramituntd)§%, when by delivery thereof z¢ is self-exhausted. 34. And so also the produce of ornaments of gold and silver, and of red-coloured things, with many regulations on the same subject ad what is connected therewith. 1 This seems the more probable meaning if we are to understand that the confiscation has been actually carried out at an improper season ; but, if we suppose that it is avoided on account of the season, it would be better t6 translate as follows :—‘/or how much gain upon that one cloak, or water-skin, is the confiscator, to whom #f ts appertaining, to be compensated,’ 3 Possibly referring to the seizure of articles sold by a dealer, but not paid for: * The form an of the negative prefix is here used because the Zvaris an-madam is replaced by the Paz. an-avar in pronunciation. 144 DINKARD, BOOK. VIII. Cuapter XLII. Sakédim Nash. 1. One section, the Varistan (‘ordeal code’), contains particulars of that whzchk, when it becomes manifest in any one, is indicative as to witchcraft ; the bringing of remedies for the person who is rendered sickly by a wizard; the execution of the wizard, what the religious rite is in the legal proceedings, avd the case when ¢here zs a religious rite in the legal proceedings. 2. About the case when, for want of legal proceedings, ‘he is executed without the religious rite; and what it is when! he dies through his own destruction of some one.
22. About the case when, for want of legal proceedings, ‘he is executed without the religious rite; and what it is when! he dies through his own destruction of some one. 3. About the accomplishment of an ordeal by which, through the power of the spirit, ‘herve arises a manifestation of acquittal ov incrimination of those maintaining inconsistencies as to witchcraft, destroying a righteous maz, or other concealed instigations of sin?; the time of its performance, and the place of hurtfulness of its continuance. 4. About the place of accomplishment; zz what manner is the selection (fragardan6), limitation, and preparation , of the abode zz which the ordeal is performed ; that which is to be carried forth to that abode, and that of which the carrying thereto is to be avoided ; who is to be admitted to that abode, azad who is not to be admitted ; azd that which, when it occurs there, We should probably read ‘and about the case when,’ supposing that maman stands for madam, the reverse of what occurs in Chap. XLI, 28. * That is, when there is no evidence of the crime beyond the suspicions, real or assumed, of the accusers, CHAPTER XLII, I-—XLIII, 4. 145 is a disturbance of the work, they separate (vangend) therefrom. 5. About those belonging to the place of ordeal (varistantkdn) and other officials there, the rites and customs therein, the ceremonial to be celebrated in the abode, azd the invocation of the sacred beings for assistance. 6. What is the mode of performing the hot and cold ordeal ; how is the leading forth of the accomplishers thereto, and of what Avesta is their uplifted recitation ; how is the accomplishment of the hot and cold ordeal, avd the manifestation of the acquitted and incriminated thereby; azd many statements (gdk4n) on the same subject. CuapTrer XLIII. Sakédim Nask. 1. One section is miscellaneous: about having sought an assistant who is brought, that is, in what mode z¢ is proper; azd the payment of an assistant who is a member of the community (d4hm)!, and also that of a foreigner (an-Atr), in the same affair. 2. About how the eoming of a man to confinement and fettering is through his own wealth, and whatever is on the same subject. 3. About confession through one, two, and three statements; azd whatever is about it. 4. About the contempt of a disciple for a przest/y master, which is an annoyance to him; the property de/onging to the master, and the squandering that occurs in 2z¢. 1 The contradistinction here indicated between d4hm and an- Afr is an important confirmation of Geldner’s definition of Av. dahma as ‘ Vollbiirger oder Mitglieder’ (see Studien zum Avesta, 1882, p. 14). (37] L 146 DINKARD, BOOK VIII.
31 The contradistinction here indicated between d4hm and an- Afr is an important confirmation of Geldner’s definition of Av. dahma as ‘ Vollbiirger oder Mitglieder’ (see Studien zum Avesta, 1882, p. 14). (37] L 146 DINKARD, BOOK VIII. 5. The sin that is its own penalty through demg liable to penalty, amd the transgressor whose penalty is owing thereto; when they would unlawfully bring a penalty upon one liable to penalty, or ome thereby inflicts a penalty wfon him, of which one is aware that 4e is not capable (patak6); and the time which one liable to penalty 4as for the payment of that penalty of his is until zs attaining to opulence, when, after the appointment about the penalty, he becomes capable of an atonement. 6. About the accumulation (gangih) of sin through the expedients of the wrathful (garmak4n), which are connected with much destruction of the righteous. 7. About the sin owing to which, among those that are wrathful, Ze who has drunk from a well on a road, or path, conceals the water for the sake of concealment. 8. About the sin of a judge who pronounces the sinner Zo de in innocence, and the innocent Zo ée in some sinfulness. 9. About a judge acquainted with the law! for ten years, him who is for eleven, him who is for twelve, him who is for thirteen, him who is for fourteen, and him who is for fifteen ; that is, their decisions, each separately, on several specially prominent objects of acquaintance with the law, as regards decision and judgment. 10, About a daughter whose religious control, during the life of her father, ves¢des in her mother for the joint life of the mother, but for ? the authorised giving her away there is the father. 11. About a daughter who is unprovided with a husband, and 1 See Chaps. XX, 74, XXII, 21. * Reading rf instead of 14, ‘not.’ CHAPTER XLIII, 5-15. 147 who as no father and no mother, nor yet any of the brothers of the departed parents, and z¢ is not even allowable to give herself away into guardianship by a husband. 12. About property which is degueathed by will on passing away; that is, how it is when given, and how it is when it does not exist. 13. About the privilege of a father in giving property to Azs children according to his wish, and a son who is irreverent towards zs father, so that! some of the property of the father goes to the worthy mother ; also when they would make irreverence towards the father the imputed characteristic (bakht nis4n6), where a decree about the property of the father is decided upon ; avd whatever is on the same subject, as regards the extent of irreverence of the son towards the father, and the sin of it.
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* Who allows the debtor a longer time for repayment. 5 Literally ‘bodily form.’ The seizure of a slave of the debtor to work off the amount of the debt is evidently meant. ‘ Reading va-sakisnd instead of the very similarly-written nikézisnd, ‘explanation,’ of the MS, CHAPTER XLI, 27-34. 143 severally, ¢o the end of the winter as regards the cloak, and to the end of the summer as regards the water-skin ; that is, for how much gain upon that one cloak, ov water-skin, is the retribution of the confiscator to whom z¢ zs appertaining!; azd whatever is on the same subject. 31. About the increase of grains, and that of sheep with the progeny, milk, and wool that they may severally produce. 32. About the confiscation of clothes and implements by delivering ‘hem back to him who specially reckons many as his own?; that is, how the produce (vakhsh) increases when he orders ¢hety use imperfectly, how it does when “e does so not imperfectly, and how it does when he keeps ¢hem in inactivity. 33. About the produce of land on which grain is cast, and of that on which z¢ 7s not cast (va-zak-t an-madam ramituntd)§%, when by delivery thereof z¢ is self-exhausted. 34. And so also the produce of ornaments of gold and silver, and of red-coloured things, with many regulations on the same subject ad what is connected therewith. 1 This seems the more probable meaning if we are to understand that the confiscation has been actually carried out at an improper season ; but, if we suppose that it is avoided on account of the season, it would be better t6 translate as follows :—‘/or how much gain upon that one cloak, or water-skin, is the confiscator, to whom #f ts appertaining, to be compensated,’ 3 Possibly referring to the seizure of articles sold by a dealer, but not paid for: * The form an of the negative prefix is here used because the Zvaris an-madam is replaced by the Paz. an-avar in pronunciation. 144 DINKARD, BOOK. VIII. Cuapter XLII. Sakédim Nash. 1. One section, the Varistan (‘ordeal code’), contains particulars of that whzchk, when it becomes manifest in any one, is indicative as to witchcraft ; the bringing of remedies for the person who is rendered sickly by a wizard; the execution of the wizard, what the religious rite is in the legal proceedings, avd the case when ¢here zs a religious rite in the legal proceedings. 2. About the case when, for want of legal proceedings, ‘he is executed without the religious rite; and what it is when! he dies through his own destruction of some one.
22. About the case when, for want of legal proceedings, ‘he is executed without the religious rite; and what it is when! he dies through his own destruction of some one. 3. About the accomplishment of an ordeal by which, through the power of the spirit, ‘herve arises a manifestation of acquittal ov incrimination of those maintaining inconsistencies as to witchcraft, destroying a righteous maz, or other concealed instigations of sin?; the time of its performance, and the place of hurtfulness of its continuance. 4. About the place of accomplishment; zz what manner is the selection (fragardan6), limitation, and preparation , of the abode zz which the ordeal is performed ; that which is to be carried forth to that abode, and that of which the carrying thereto is to be avoided ; who is to be admitted to that abode, azad who is not to be admitted ; azd that which, when it occurs there, We should probably read ‘and about the case when,’ supposing that maman stands for madam, the reverse of what occurs in Chap. XLI, 28. * That is, when there is no evidence of the crime beyond the suspicions, real or assumed, of the accusers, CHAPTER XLII, I-—XLIII, 4. 145 is a disturbance of the work, they separate (vangend) therefrom. 5. About those belonging to the place of ordeal (varistantkdn) and other officials there, the rites and customs therein, the ceremonial to be celebrated in the abode, azd the invocation of the sacred beings for assistance. 6. What is the mode of performing the hot and cold ordeal ; how is the leading forth of the accomplishers thereto, and of what Avesta is their uplifted recitation ; how is the accomplishment of the hot and cold ordeal, avd the manifestation of the acquitted and incriminated thereby; azd many statements (gdk4n) on the same subject. CuapTrer XLIII. Sakédim Nask. 1. One section is miscellaneous: about having sought an assistant who is brought, that is, in what mode z¢ is proper; azd the payment of an assistant who is a member of the community (d4hm)!, and also that of a foreigner (an-Atr), in the same affair. 2. About how the eoming of a man to confinement and fettering is through his own wealth, and whatever is on the same subject. 3. About confession through one, two, and three statements; azd whatever is about it. 4. About the contempt of a disciple for a przest/y master, which is an annoyance to him; the property de/onging to the master, and the squandering that occurs in 2z¢. 1 The contradistinction here indicated between d4hm and an- Afr is an important confirmation of Geldner’s definition of Av. dahma as ‘ Vollbiirger oder Mitglieder’ (see Studien zum Avesta, 1882, p. 14). (37] L 146 DINKARD, BOOK VIII.
31 The contradistinction here indicated between d4hm and an- Afr is an important confirmation of Geldner’s definition of Av. dahma as ‘ Vollbiirger oder Mitglieder’ (see Studien zum Avesta, 1882, p. 14). (37] L 146 DINKARD, BOOK VIII. 5. The sin that is its own penalty through demg liable to penalty, amd the transgressor whose penalty is owing thereto; when they would unlawfully bring a penalty upon one liable to penalty, or ome thereby inflicts a penalty wfon him, of which one is aware that 4e is not capable (patak6); and the time which one liable to penalty 4as for the payment of that penalty of his is until zs attaining to opulence, when, after the appointment about the penalty, he becomes capable of an atonement. 6. About the accumulation (gangih) of sin through the expedients of the wrathful (garmak4n), which are connected with much destruction of the righteous. 7. About the sin owing to which, among those that are wrathful, Ze who has drunk from a well on a road, or path, conceals the water for the sake of concealment. 8. About the sin of a judge who pronounces the sinner Zo de in innocence, and the innocent Zo ée in some sinfulness. 9. About a judge acquainted with the law! for ten years, him who is for eleven, him who is for twelve, him who is for thirteen, him who is for fourteen, and him who is for fifteen ; that is, their decisions, each separately, on several specially prominent objects of acquaintance with the law, as regards decision and judgment. 10, About a daughter whose religious control, during the life of her father, ves¢des in her mother for the joint life of the mother, but for ? the authorised giving her away there is the father. 11. About a daughter who is unprovided with a husband, and 1 See Chaps. XX, 74, XXII, 21. * Reading rf instead of 14, ‘not.’ CHAPTER XLIII, 5-15. 147 who as no father and no mother, nor yet any of the brothers of the departed parents, and z¢ is not even allowable to give herself away into guardianship by a husband. 12. About property which is degueathed by will on passing away; that is, how it is when given, and how it is when it does not exist. 13. About the privilege of a father in giving property to Azs children according to his wish, and a son who is irreverent towards zs father, so that! some of the property of the father goes to the worthy mother ; also when they would make irreverence towards the father the imputed characteristic (bakht nis4n6), where a decree about the property of the father is decided upon ; avd whatever is on the same subject, as regards the extent of irreverence of the son towards the father, and the sin of it.
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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