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VI. ERPATISTÂN AND NÍRANGISTÂN.
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Willing or unwilling, she shall fulfil the holy office.
If the man take her with him to enjoy her body ?, if he do this openly ?, he is a highwayman; if in secret, he is a thief.
7. He who, without leaves, taketh away the child of another to officiate as priest*, he shall become Peshotanu for a whole year (?).
If the child obey and go gladly 6, Or if [the man] say® : 'I go with thee,'
And he goeth a hâthra ? without singings, he shall be Peshôtanu.
8. In this house, in this borough, in this district, in this country, how far afield may they go ?
-The length of a yugyesti from the house or the borough 10; the length of a hathra from the district or the country", within a sphere of protection,
So that they remain in sight of the house, of the borough, of the district, of the country.
9. But if he who owneth the child shall say: Go with him, my child The child shall follow at thy will, He may follow along the roads out of the country,'
-How far away, at most, may one lead him ?
So far as one can go in a morning or an afternoon.
• How far can a man take with him a child without proper authorisation ?
10 The length of sixteen hâlhras (sixteen thousand steps; see above, p. 160) from the house or the borough, within the limits of the same district.
" At the distance of one hathra only, if on the border of the district; otherwise they would enter a strange place where the child is not known, and the danger of his being lost or kidnapped would be greater.
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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 |