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.
LXXXI, 1.
LXXXI. 1. He must not place the food upon a chair. 2. He must not touch it with his foot. 3. He must not sneeze upon it.
4. He must drive the Yâtudhấnas away by means of sesamum or mustard-seeds.
5. Let him perform the Sraddha in an enclosed
place.
6. He must not look at a woman in her courses ; 7. Nor at a dog ; 8. Nor at a tame pig; 9. Nor at a tame cock.
10. Let him strive to perform the Sraddha in sight of a goat.
II. The Brâhmanas must eat in silence. 12. They must not eat with their heads covered ; 13. Nor with shoes on their feet; 14. Nor with their feet placed upon a stool.
15. Let not men with a limb too little, or with a limb too much, look at a Sraddha ;
16. Nor Sadras; 17. Nor outcasts. commentator, Haradatta, and by Âpastamba himself (I, 5, 17, 36). Nand.'s second interpretation, an old white goat,' is probably wrong, although it is supported by the authority of Kullûka and Vigñânesvara.
LXXXI. 2, 6-9, 11-13, 15, 16, 19. M. III, 229, 236-242. — 4, 5. Gaut. XV, 25, 26.- 7, 16, 17. Apast. II, 7, 17, 20; Gaut. XV, 24. - 18. M. III, 243. - 20. M. III, 237. – 21-23. M. III, 244–246.
4. Nand. quotes the following Mantra, which has to be recited on this occasion, 'The Asuras, the Rakshasas, and the Pisakas have been driven away.' A similar Mantra occurs in the Vâgasan. Samh. II, 29.
5. Ka indicates that it must be a place inclining to the south, as stated in a Smriti.' (Nand.)
6. This and the following Satras refer both to the host at a Sraddha and to the guests invited by him. (Nand.)
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