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16. About the production and arising of something of the property of a damsel, even when she gives it by design only to him who is worthy.
17. About a damsel whom an idolator (dêviyast) carries off from her own master, and would give to a Mazda-worshipper; that is, how it is justifiable for the Mazda-worshipper, having had that damsel in his possession, to seek a son by her, so long as the guardianship of the woman is with that man. 18. About a mother being guardian over a living father, owing to their having a son. 19. About the proper completion of a provision-that was for the decision of the supreme judge, on various statements, and was never otherwise—which is the provision of him who is a high-priest of the religion.
20. About the sin of a father through not satisfying the menstrual excitement of a daughter who has attained the capability of having a son (berman radih); what it is when, through not satisfying the menstrual excitement of the daughter, he is sinful ; and how it is when the daughter herself is sinful; also the symptoms of attaining the capability of having a son.
21. About where and which is that sin on the committal of which inadvertently one attains to deliverance thus, when it comes to his knowledge it is through a determined renunciation it goes away from its source; also which is that committal inadvertently which does not occur through him who is intelligent. 22. About the four more heinous forms of demon-service (sêdâ-yazakih), and the three worst sins wherein they shall perform them; the ten existences that are furtherances, and the nine that are destroyers, of the world.
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