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VI. ERPATISTÂN AND NIRANGISTÂN.
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76. The Raêthwiskara shall mix the Haoma and the milk, and shall divide the mixture.
77. The Âberet shall bring the water. The Sraoshâvarez shall superintend.
78. The right place of the Zaotar
Is in the middle of the house,
79.
the right place of the Hâvanan
Is on the right side, opposite the Baresman, behind the fire.
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On his left-hand side shall the Âsnâtar stand. The right place of the Atravakhsha
Is on the right side, opposite the fire.
The right place of the Frabaretar
Is on the left side, before the Baresman.
On his right-hand side shall the Raêthwiskara stand. The places of the Âberet and the Sraoshâvarez are not fixed; they come and go.
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80. If these assistants go without the leave of the Ratu,
The Zaotar may make all the mixtures Without the Åsnâtar and the Hâvanan.
If the Zaotar go without leave, the preparation of the Zaothra shall fall to the wisest and truest" of the assistant priests.
81. If the Zaotar sacrifice alone on a Myazda day, at the place of the Zaotar*,
He shall announce that Myazda to the Lord (of the festival) and to the Lord of the Myazda",
The most respectable of the priests present. Without his seven assistants.
At his ordinary seat.
⚫ He announces the banquet to the Ratu of the Gâhânbâr, that is to say, to the Genius of the Gâhânbâr which is being celebrated, and to the Genius of the religious banquet itself.
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