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LXIII, 13
13. Nor (let him travel) without cessation with (horses or other) beasts of draught that are quite young, diseased, or (otherwise) afflicted;
14. Nor with such as are deficient in limb; 15. Nor with weak ones; 16. Nor with young bulls ; 17. Nor with untrained animals.
18. He must not appease his hunger and allay his thirst without having first given grass and water to the animals.
19. He must not stop at a place where four ways meet; 20. Nor at night at the root of a tree; 21. Nor in an empty house; 22. Nor upon a meadow; 23. Nor in a stable;
24. Nor (must he stand) on hair, on the husks of grain, on potsherds, on bones, on ashes, or coal;
25. Nor on seeds of the cotton plant.
26. When he passes by a place where four ways meet, let him turn his right side towards it.
27. And let him do the same in passing by the image of a deity;
28. And in passing by well-known large trees.
29. After having seen a fire, or a Brâhmana (with his turban on), or a public prostitute, or a jar filled (with water), or a looking-glass, or an umbrella, or a flag, or a banner, or a Bèl tree, or a lid (or platter), or a palace built in the shape of a certain diagram (or in the form of a quadrangle without a western gate);
29. 1.More precisely the term patâkâ signifies “a staff, by which a piece of cloth torn in the middle is fastened.”' (Nand.) - 2. The particle ka is added at the end of this enumeration in order to include in it perfumes, lamps, and other objects mentioned in a Smriti.' (Nand.)
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| SR No. | 007671 |
| Book Title | Zend Avesta Part 01 |
| 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 |