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which, in the Hasparam, are effected by kathrayâim âthraiãm 1'
Dk. VIII, Chap. XXXIII, 4, refers to the passage which must have contained the statement thus mentioned in Pahl. Vend. XV, 67:- What is as to the sick dog in the Huspâram is, “When several doors are together, it is just if the nourishment at each one be only for three nights, and then, when opulence is manifest, the delivery be unto that opulent one, and when not, the delivery be unto him who is good."
Dk. VIII, Chap. XXXV, 2, probably refers to the passage which contained the statement thus mentioned in Sls. XII, 7:—'In the twentieth 2 of the Haspâram it is shown that over the soul of him who works in the dark there is more predominance of the evil spirit.'
Dk. VIII, Chap. XXXVI, 7, or 13, probably refers to the passage thus mentioned in Dd. LXI, 3: - Nearer details of the family guardianship which is proper and which is not proper for an adopted son's duty, of the child of the good religion with whose business it is connected, and of the fathers for whom a family guardian is to be appointed, are in the recital of five fargards 8 of the Húspâram.'
Dk. VIII, Chap. XXXVI, 8-12, probably refers to the passage which contained the statement thus quoted in Sls. X, 21, XII, 14:—*In the fourteenth *
This corrupt Avesta means probably fourfold fire. • The first section mentioned of these twenty is that described in Chap. XXXII. * See Dk. VIII, Chap. XXXVI, in.
That is, in one of the last fourteen sections of the Nask. If it were not for this number, and the fact that the passage is understood to apply to the children of a concubine, it might be connected with Chap. XXXIV, 4, 5.
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