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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FARGARD VII.
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IX.
601 (151). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If in the house of a worshipper of Mazda there be a woman with child, and if being a month gone, or two, or three, or four, or five, or six, or seven, or eight, or nine, or ten months gone, she bring forth a still-born child, what shall the worshippers of Mazda do ?
01 (155). Ahura Mazda answered: The place in that Mazdean house whereof the ground is the cleanest and the driest, and the least passed through by flocks and herds, by the fire of Ahura Mazda, by the consecrated bundles of baresma, and by the faithful;'--
62 (158). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy. One! How far from the fire? How far from the water ? How far from the consecrated bundles of baresma ? How far from the faithful ?
63 (159). Ahura Mazda answered: “Thirty paces from the fire; thirty paces from the water ; thirty paces from the consecrated bundles of Baresma; three paces from the faithful ;
64 (160). On that place shall the worshippers of Mazda erect an enclosure, and therein shall they establish her with food, therein shall they establish her with clothes.'
65 (162). O Maker of the material word, thou Holy One! What is the food that the woman shall first take ?
66 (163). Ahura Mazda answered: Gômêz mixed with ashes, three draughts of it, or six, or nine, to send down the Dakhma within her womb.
67 (166). 'Afterwards she may drink boiling milk of mares, cows, sheep, or goats, with pap or without pap; she may take cooked milk without water, meal without water, and wine without water.'
68 (169). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! How long shall she remain so ? How long shall she live thus on milk, meal, and wine ?
$$ 60-69=Farg. V, 45–54. See the Commentary there.
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