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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'If a child has just touched her, they shall first wash his hands and then his body1.
FARGARD XVI.
II.
8 (21). If she still see blood after three nights have passed, she shall sit in the place of infirmity until four nights have passed.
'If she still see blood after four nights have passed, she shall sit in the place of infirmity until five nights have passed.
9. 'If she still see blood after five nights have passed, she shall sit in the place of infirmity until six nights have passed.
'If she still see blood after six nights have passed, she shall sit in the place of infirmity until seven nights have passed.
10. 'If she still see blood after seven nights have passed, she shall sit in the place of infirmity until eight nights have passed.
'If she still see blood after eight nights have passed, she shall sit in the place of infirmity until nine nights have passed.
II. 'If she still see blood after nine nights have passed, this is a work of the Daêvas which they have performed for the worship and glorification of the Daêvas 3.
A child whom she suckles. The meaning is, Even a child, if he has touched her, must undergo the rites of cleansing. The general rule is given in the Commentary: Whoever has touched a Dashtân woman must wash his body and his clothes with gômêz and water.' The ceremony in question is the simple Ghosel, not the Barashnům, since the woman herself performs the former only (see below, § II seq.)
• Abnormal issues are a creation of Ahriman's (Farg. I, 18).
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