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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VENDIDAD.
towards the water, towards the earth, and towards the plants ?.'
4 (7). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If worshippers of Mazda shall sow or water, within the year, the piece of ground whereon dogs or men have died, what is the penalty that they shall pay ?
5 (9). Ahura Mazda answered : “They are Peshôtanus: two hundred stripes with the Aspahê-astra, two hundred stripes with the Sraoshô-karana ?'
6 (10). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If worshippers of Mazda want to till that piece of ground again », to water it, to sow it, and to plough it, what shall they do?
7 (12). Ahura Mazda answered : 'They shall look on the ground for any bones, hair, dung, urine, or blood that may be there.'
8 (13). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If they shall not look on the ground for any bones, hair, dung, urine, or blood that may be there, what is the penalty that they shall pay ?
9 (15). Ahura Mazda answered : 'They are Peshôtanus: two hundred stripes with the Aspahê-astra, two hundred stripes with the Sraoshô-karana.'
II.
10 (16). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a man shall throw on the ground
1.To the water which they pour out, to the earth which they plough, to the plants which they sow' (Comm.)
: 'If they plough and sow it, one tanárdhr (see Introd. V, 19); if they pour water on it, one tanafdhr; if they plough, sow, and water it, two tanåfdhrs' (Comm.)
* Even when a year's space is past, the ground is not free ipso facto.
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