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CHAPTER XX, 14-26.
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20. About litigation as to a costly article, when a witness of its possession by the one party is combined with non-possession by the other one with no witness, or with its possession by the other one with a single witness; or the witness of one is with the sacred beings, and its possession by the other one is likewise not manifest; when both parties are related (khidyahik), or both are unrelated (anazdthik); and what kind of possession they say is most real. 21. About annulling the decision of a judge, and the time it is done at the court of a chief judge, and also owing to an ordeal for certainty; and whatever is on the same subject. 22. About the litigation of three persons as to property it is declared, so much is given to one on the day Adharmazd to the day Vohuman', to another one on the day Ardavahist, and possession is not made over to the third one at all.
23. About selling property which is not one's own, and whatever is on the same subject. 24. About controversy as to anything which ought not to occur. 25. About any essential dispute that any one has, when agreeing thus: 'I do not have it as my own, but owing to the other person ;' and whatever is on the same subject. 26. About the litigation of an Irânian with a foreigner, or with foreigners, of a
Av. gaoyaoiti?) is four, the Dashmest ( distance-mark?') is eight, and the Yogyast (stage?') is sixteen miles. This series of distances is analogous to the Sanskrit series, but more elaborate; the Håsar is best compared with the Krosa as the commonest unit of moderate distance, though less than half its usual length; the Agoyôst is nearly the same as the Gavyata ; and the Yügyâst is analogous to the Yogana, though nearly double its length.
That is, on the first or second day of the Parsi month; and to the other on the third day.
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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 |