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fetid, is to be stirred up', and they should not carry it forth so to the fire, so that the stench extends to the fire; because, if that stench extends to the fire, on account of the moisture and through carrying bodily refuse over and forth to the fire, it overwhelms it. And that which the Sakadam has declared is, specially, that one of the high-priests has individually said: “That stench is mentioned with reference to the occasion when a stench reaches it of a different kind from that which exists naturally in it."
Dk. VIII, Chap. XLIII, 33, refers to the passage which contained the statements thus mentioned in Sls. XII, 10, XIII, 30:- 'In the twenty-two2 sections of the Sakâdam grievous things are shown about those who do not make offerings unto the sacred beings.' And, again, 'while those nineteen (stanzas of Yas. XLVI) are our offering, which it says in the Sakâdum should be my own, the strength and power of the sacred beings shall become more considerable, and the destroyer more perishable.'
XIX. VENDIDÂD Nask 8. The whole of this Nask (as described in Dk. VIII, Chap. XLIV) is still extant, and is considered by the writers of the Persian Rivâyats to be a complete work. Its fragmentary character, which is obvious enough to European scholars, must, therefore, be
1 This statement is again mentioned in $ 6. · The last twenty-two (see Dk. VIII, Chap. XLI, 1).
• The extent of this Nask appears to be the same now as it was in Sasanian times, and may be estimated at about 23,000 Avesta and 48,000 Pahlavi words. The moderately long account of it in Dk. VIII, contains 1,272 Pahlavi words.
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| SR No. | 007682 |
| Book Title | Questions of King Milinda Part 02 |
| 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 |