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the prerogative as to a daughter being given away to a husband.
CHAPTER XXXVII.
Hispâram Nask. 1. One section of the seven at the end contains particulars about the daily food of a grown-up man, a pregnant woman, her who is childless, and a child, as provided by law; also that of a shepherd's dog, a village dog, and a blood-hound; and the characteristics of these three kinds of dog.
2. About the sign of a person's conversion to the religion. 3. About association of several kinds, and one of them is that of the keepers (padân) with the flocks (ramân), and the flocks in connection with the keepers; and of what kind is the meritoriousness of the keepers of those flocks, as to guardianship of every description; the happy effects of the flock, and those of the keeper, of every description; the advantage from this association, and whatever is on the same subject. 4. One is the association of priestly instructor (rado) and pupil ?, and their meritoriousness together; the fame of the priestly instructor for priestly instruction, and that of the disciple (hâvisto) for every kind of learning derived from the priestly instructor, and every kind that the priestly instructor imparts to the pupil; and the happy effects of the priestly instructor, of every kind, in similar matters. 5. One is the association
1 It is doubtful whether seven sections are meant, or whether we should read the seven Fargards at the end of one section.' See, however, Chap. XXXVI, 1 n.
* Pahl. radanê (Av. ratunaya).
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