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death-producing formation as to clothing, 12. About the sin owing to idleness when, moreover, that which they might do is good. 13. About a decision as to the justifiableness of clothing, arms, equipments, and other things being given to foreigners, besides promoting their service and business, and giving them any assistance whatever, or listening to that which relates to assistance; likewise listening to drunkards. 14. About unlawfully destroying and cutting plants, with a decision about it.
15. About the sin of digging a grave for burying a corpse, whether of the idolators (dêviyastan) or non-idolators, and of supplying clothing for the corpse of a dead one of the idolators. 16. About him who threw bodily refuse on to fire or water, or any place or garment on which it is not authorisedly cast, to make Mazda-worshippers polluted ; and whatever is on the same subject.
17. An account of water as regards the description and extent of moisture of the land. 18. About the sin owing to rendering anything useless through water or fire. 19. About carrying off two-thirds of the misery from the world, by eradicating it from the creatures through all the illumination of fires; and carrying off all adversity from the period of the creatures, through the freedom from malice of mankind, one as regards the other, and through their perfect sympathy together.
Assuming that gôbar khekîr ûntano stands for gôbar (Pers. gôr) khefrûntano.
? See Chap. XIX, 3.
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