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FARGARD VII.
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that have been touched by Nasu from a dog, or Nasu from a man?
74 (184). Ahura Mazda answered : 'They can, O holy Zarathustra !' How so?
'If they be of gold, you shall wash them once with gômêz, you shall rub them once with earth, you shall wash them once with water, and they shall be clean.
'If they be of silver, you shall wash them twice with gômêz, you shall rub them twice with earth, you shall wash them twice with water, and they shall be clean.
[75. 'If they be of brass, you shall wash them thrice with gômêz, you shall rub them thrice with earth, you shall wash them thrice with water, and they shall be clean.
If they be of steel, you shall wash them four times with gômêz, you shall rub them four times with earth, you shall wash them four times with water, and they shall be clean.
'If they be of stone, you shall wash them six times with gômêz, you shall rub them six times with earth, you shall wash them six times with water, and they shall be clean!.]
• If they be of earth, of wood, or of clay, they are unclean for ever and ever?'
XI. 76 (189). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! Can the cow be made clean that has
1 From the Vendidad Såda.
• The power of resistance to uncleanness follows the value of the materials : gold, silver, iron, steel, stone, earth, wood, clay.
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