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parings. 6. And, if he does not know this Bâzi, on uttering the Srôsh-bâz and those three Yathâ-ahdvairyôs he is to furrow three lines, with the nail-cutter, around the nail-parings, and then he is to complete the Bâz with those Yathâ-ahû-vairyôs, and to put the dust, with the end of the nail-cutter, into the midst of the nail-parings, and carry them to a desert spot. 7. It is necessary that he should carry a hole down through four finger-breadths of earth, and, having placed the nail-parings in that spot, he puts the soil overhead. . 8. For Hôrmazd, the good and propitious, has created a bird which they call Ashô-zusts, and they call it the bird of Bahman4. 9. They also call it the owl, and it eats nails.
10. It is altogether necessary that they do not leave them unbroken, for they would come into use as weapons (silâ'h) of wizards. 11. And they have also said that, if they fall in the midst of food, there is danger of pulmonary consumption.
CHAPTER XV. 1. The fifteenth subject is this, when one sees anything that is welcome to the eyes, it is requisite to say 'in the name of the sacred being.'. 2. Because, if they do not say 'in the name of the sacred being,' and an injury happens to that
1 The formula quoted in $ 3. 9 B29 omits these four words. See Bd. XIX, 19, 20.
* The archangel Vohûman (see Bd. I, 23, 26 n). His bird is the cock according to Sls. X, 9.
o See Sls. XII, 6.
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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 |