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Zaratust, with Malkôs? who will arise, with the serpent Sruvar which existed in the days of Sâm Narimân”, and as many sins as are theirs. 6. And Aharman, the evil one, becomes more joyful, owing to this practice, than owing to the other sins which have made high-priests. necessary> ; for the soul itself of that person becomes extinct.
7. And when they commit the sin with women, it is just the same as that with men.
CHAPTER X. 1. The tenth subject is this, that it is incumbent on all those of the good religion, women and men, every one who attains to fifteen years, to wear the sacred thread-girdle4. 2. Because the sacred threadgirdle is to be a girding of the loins and to preserve obedience (tâ'hat) to the Lord, may he be honoured and glorified ('hazza va galla)!
3. The first person who set the wearing of this sacred thread-girdle in view was Jamshed6. 4. And it may be the whole (gumlah) of the demons and fiends who are made extinct by the glory of wearing the sacred thread-girdle.
5. Every one who has tied the sacred threadgirdle round the waist is out of the department of Aharman, and is established in the department of
1 See Mkh. XXVII, 28 n.
? Sâma and Naremanau are two titles of the hero Keresâspa who slew the serpent Srvara (see SBE, vol. xviii, pp. 369-371). In the Shâhnâmah he is called Sâm, son of Narîmân. 8 J15 has which the high priests have made manifest.'
See Dd. XXXIX, in. A modification of the age is recommended in Chap. XLVI.
Av. Yima khshaêta (see Mkh. XXVII, 24 n).
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| SR No. | 007677 |
| Book Title | Saddharma Pundarika |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | H Kern |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1884 |
| Total Pages | 2546 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 46 MB |