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35. About petitioning, and the going of a frontier governor (mar'zpân) to the feet of tyrants (sâstârâno) to speak of regulations, and whatever is on the same subject. 36. Where and when one strikes a living person he vexes him, and the living person he strikes vexes him when dead; but he who strikes a dead person is vexed alive, and the dead person he strikes vexes him when dead; and whatever is on the same subject.
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37. As to wood and useless pith (dil), that which is for keeping is as far as a dimension that is mentioned, and one, therefore, passes it by not to burn; concerning also that wood which is only for the blast of a furnace (gûrih zigâ) as firewood, the burning and dimensions and blast of the furnace are stated, and whatever is on the same subject. 38. About the sin through which a man attains from atonement to the sacred-twig ordeal (baresmôk-varih), and from the sacred-twig ordeal to the heat ordeal (garemôk-varih) which has maintained the worthiness of an assault that is an actual inexcusability (akârih) to reasoning thought; and whatever is on the same subject.
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39. About the excellence of physicians, their merit from doing good, and sin from not doing good; the quality that exists as regards medicines, seeking a physician for animals also, and whatever is on the same subject. 40. About a horse, which is new to the saddle (kôfak), being made tailless (kapk) and not feeding (akhavâno), how it is done, the sin owing to doing it unlawfully and heedlessly, the
1 It might be 'inevitability,' but this would render the ordeal
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| SR No. | 007682 |
| Book Title | Questions of King Milinda Part 02 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | T W Rhys Davids |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1894 |
| Total Pages | 2240 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 38 MB |