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

Page 1669

LXI, 16.
DUTIES OF A HOUSEHOLDER.
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taka (or Selu) plant, nor of the soap plant, nor of the Vibhitaka (or Kalidruma) tree, nor of the Dhava plant, nor of the Dhamani tree (for that purpose).
3. Nor (the twigs of) the Bandhaka (or Bandhugivaka) plant, nor of the Nirgundi shrub, nor of the Sigru, Tilva, and Tinduka trees.
4. Nor (the twigs of) the Kovidara (Yugapattraka), Sami, Pilu (Gudaphala), Pippala (holy figtree), Inguda, or Guggula trees;
5. Nor (the twigs of) the Pâribhadraka (Sakrapâdapa), or tamarind, or Mokaka, or Semul trees, nor those of the hemp plant;
6. Nor sweet plants (such as liquorice sticks) ; 7. Nor sour plants (such as Âmlikâs); 8. Nor twigs that have withered on the stem; 9. Nor perforated (or otherwise faulty) wood; 10. Nor stinking wood; 11. Nor smooth wood;
12. He must not (use the sticks) facing the south or west.
13. He must use them facing the north or east;
14. He may use (the twigs of) the banyan or Asana trees, or of the Arka plant, or of the Khadira, or Karañga, or Badara (jujube), or Sal, or Nimb trees, or of the Arimeda shrub, or of the Apâmârga or Malati plants, or of the Kakubha or Bèl trees;
15. Or of the Kashầya tree, or of the Tikta or Katuka plants.
16. Before sunrise let him silently clean his teeth with a stick, which must be as thick as the top of the little finger, provided with one end that may be chewed (or with a brush '), and twelve Angulas
long.
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