Sacred Laws of Aryas

SR No.: 007687
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Gorge Buhler
Publisher: Oxford
Publication Year: 1897
Total Pages: 1979
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 36 MB

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part of the house1, lest her look should fall upon the fire.'
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3 (9). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! How far from the fire? How far from the water? How far from the consecrated bundles of Baresma? How far from the faithful?
4 (10). Ahura Mazda answered: 'Fifteen paces from the fire, fifteen paces from the water, fifteen paces from the consecrated bundles of Baresma, three paces from the faithful.'
5 (11). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! How far from her shall he stay, who brings food to a woman who has the whites or sees the blood?
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6 (12). Ahura Mazda answered: 'Three paces2 from her shall he stay, who brings food to a woman who has the whites or sees the blood.'
In what kind of vessels shall he bring her bread? In what kind of vessels shall he bring her barleydrink?
'In vessels of brass, or of lead, or of any common metal "'
7 (15). How much bread shall he bring to her? How much barley-drink shall he bring?
'Two danares of dry bread, and one danare of liquor, lest she should get too weak".
1 Nowadays a room on the ground-floor is reserved for that
use.
The food is held out to her from a distance in a metal spoon. • Earthen vessels, when defiled, cannot be made clean; but metal vessels can (see Farg. VII, 73 seq.)
A danare is, according to Anquetil, as much as four tolas; a tola is from 105 to 175 grains.
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Sôshyös says: For three nights cooked meat is not allowed to her, lest the issue shall grow stronger.'
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