Zend Avesta Part 01

SR No.: 007671
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: James Darmesteter
Publisher: Oxford
Publication Year: 1895
Total Pages: 2695
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 49 MB

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VISHNU.
XXII, 44.
44. (He becomes pure) in one day, if the wife or son of his teacher, or his Upadhyâya (sub-teacher'), or his maternal uncle, or his father-in-law, or a brotherin-law, or a fellow-student, or a pupil has died.
45. The impurity has the same duration (as in the cases last mentioned), if the king of that country in which he lives has died.
46. Likewise, if a man not his Sapinda has died at his house.
47. The relatives of those who have been killed by (falling from) a precipice, or by fire, or (have killed themselves by) fasting, or (have been killed by) water, in battle, by lightning, or by the king (on account of a crime committed by them), do not become impure;
48. Nor do kings (become impure) while engaged in the discharge of their duties (such as the protection of their subjects, the trial of lawsuits, &c.)
49. Devotees fulfilling a vow (also do not become impure);
50. Nor do sacrificers engaged in a sacrificial ceremony;
51. Nor workmen (such as carpenters or others) while engaged in their work ;
52. Nor those who perform the king's orders, if the king wishes them to be pure.
53. Nor (can impurity arise) during the installation of the monument of a deity, nor during
44. "See XXIX, 2.
49. The term vratin, 'a devotee fulfilling a vow, may be referred to students as well, who, however, become impure by the death of their parents. (Nand.)
53. A marriage ceremony is said to have actually begun when the Nândîmukha, or Sraddha preliminary to marriage, has taken place. (Nand.)
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