Questions of King Milinda Part 02

SR No.: 007682
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

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CHAPTER XLIV, 59-70.
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or a goad or scourge which is exceptional, and maintains that it is that which is necessary? 66. About the disapproved one, and the bridgejudgment upon him, who sleeps on through the whole night, so as not to accomplish his proper duty 8 67. And the approval and reward of him who does not sleep over religious observances, so as to accomplish his proper duty 68. About the progress of secretly-advancing ruin (sêgo) through that exhibitor of evil religion who wears no sacred thread-girdle, and his not wearing it as it were by law.
69. About the proper duty and great value of the Parðdarsh bird, and the great good work that gives it a morsel of meat which is the size of its body, the liberalization of the primitive temperament' through righteousness for the righteous man . 70. About the hurry of the fire for kindling for the untroubled watching of the night, and the merit owing to law
particular trees, but now thin metal wires, usually from five to thirty-three in number according to the nature of the ceremony. These rods are tied together by a central girdle, passing three times round them and knotted just like the sacred thread-girdle round the waist of a Parsi; but this girdle is formed of six threadlike ribbons split out of a leaflet of the date-palm and twisted together. The bundle, when properly purified, is laid upon the crescent-shaped tops of two adjacent metal stands, whence it is taken up by the officiating priest, to hold in his left hand during certain recitations.
1 Av. astra and sraosha-karana, implements for scourging and punishing sinners and criminals.
3 Vend. XVIII, 1-4. Vend. XVIII, 5. • Vend. XVIII, 6.
Vend. XVIII, 8-10. • The foreseer' of the dawn, an epithet of the domestic cock. ? Pahl. radinida no- i mûnak- î kadmon. 8 Vend. XVIII, 13-17, 23-26, 28, 29.
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