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VI. ERPATISTÅN AND NIRANGISTÅN.
FARGARD I, FIRST Part.
ERPATISTÂN.
I. The priest officiating out of his house. 1. Who is he in the house who shall officiate as priest 1 ?
-He who longeth most after holiness?, Be he great, or small; Or another, his partners; By his own will or directed by the brethren.
2. The first goeth forth, the second goeth forth, the third goeth forth.
[If] he goeth forth who is in charge of the estate",
He shall pay for the damage done to the estate.
3. Shall the priest officiate as a priest or shall he see to the good management of the estate ?
Out of the house. . The most zealous.
• The sacerdotal community forms a religious and commercial association. The profits accruing from the divers ceremonies are divided between the members. These in Nausâri, which is the metropolis of Zoroastrianism, and whose Parsi population is all of sacerdotal origin, are called Bhagarias, 'the partners.'
* Somebody must stay at home to take care of the common estate; he must not go and officiate abroad.
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