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VI. ERPATISTAN AND NIRANGISTÂN.
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At all the sacrificial formulas 1 he brings them to the middle of the Baresman 2.
71.
V. Functions and places of the Zôt and Râspis at the Sacrifice 3.
72. What shall the Zaotar do on the day of a Myazda +?
He shall sing the Gâthas and shall give response to the people: athâ ratus 3.
The Havanan
73. The Atravakhsha shall feed the fire and cleanse the three faces of the fire-altar, and shall give response to the Zaotar: athâ ratus.
74. The Frabaretar shall cleanse the fourth side of the fire-altar,
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And shall bring the transverse stem of Baresman " and shall bring the incense to the fire at all the sacrificial formulas (all the yênhê hâtăm).
75. The Âsnâtar shall wash the Haoma and shall strain the Haoma.
Yazâi âpem.
Tava åthro-tava âthrô âhurahê.
b Amesha Spenta daêna mâzdayasna.
•Yâta raêsăm frâyu gerembayan.. a Vispauska âthro.
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tem vanghad aêtadha upa
At all the Yênhê hâtăm.
See, on these ceremonies, the Guimet Zend-Avesta, I, 395–397. In a Gâhânbâr office.
• Dînkart, l. 1. § 13.
See above, p. 341, note 2.
The baresman frakem or frâkh-gâm, frâgâm, a stem that rests on the feet of the Barsomdân or Mâhrû.
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