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washed one, even then, is proper in dried clothing ?' 119. About corn' they have been unanimous that so much space is polluted as the dead matter comes upon; and of that which is lowered into pits 3, or is wanted to be so, and of that which is scattered (afsid) at such a place there are different opinions ; Sôshyans said: 'Should it be of such a place it is polluted as much as the dead matter has come upon it ;' and Gôgôsasp + said: 'Should it be so it is all polluted, and the straw is all polluted.'
120. A walnut 5, through its mode of connection, is all polluted, and the washing of both its shell and kernel (pôst va mazg) is just like that of wood. 121. A pomegranate also is of such nature as a walnut. 122. As to the date, when its stalk 6 is not connected the date is polluted and the stalk and stone (astak) are clean; the washing of the date is just like that of corn ; and when it is touched upon the stalk, when the stalk, stone, and date are connected, the whole is polluted; as to the date when not connected with the stalk, and touched at the
1 Something similar is said in Pahl. Vend. VI, 71.
• According to Vend. VII, 83-93 polluted corn and fodder are to be treated like polluted firewood, but to be cut into pieces of about double the length.
Reading dên gôpân farôstak; the practice of storing corn in dry pits underground is common in the East and in some parts of Europe. In Pahl. Vend. VII, 93 it is dên gópân âvist, concealed in pits.
• See Chap. I, 3.
o Pahl. Vend. VII, 93 classes the almond with the walnut as a connected fruit, and the date with the pomegranate as a separated one.
• The word is kūrâpak or kûrâsak, but its meaning is doubtful.
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