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from each side, from the neck to the skirt (parik); and as to the length before and behind, as much as is proper to cover up is good. 6. So much length and breadth, when it is double or thickened ?, are not proper; when on the separation (dûr mânak) of the two folds one remains clothed on one side, both when he wears the girdle (kustik), and when he does not wear the girdle, even then it is not undress (vishâdakth).
7. When a shirt of one fold is put on, and the skirt has concealed both sides, the girdle is tied over it, and it is proper. 8. When two shirts are put on, and they shall tie the girdle over that which is above, then it is for him a root of the sin owing to 3 running about uncovered.
9. By a man and woman, until fifteen years of age, there is no committal of the sin of running about uncovered ; and the sin of unseasonable
Assuming that aitabarid stands for astabarid; the Huz. ait being substituted for the Paz. ast. The text appears to refer to lined or stuffed shirts, such as would be very suitable for the cold winters of Persia, like the clothing padded with cotton wool used by natives of the cooler parts of India in the cold season.
* That is, the degree of nakedness which is sinful (see $$ 8-10).
• K20 has la, not,' instead of rãi, owing to;' this would reverse the meaning of the sentence, but it is not the usual place for the negative particle.
* This sin is called vishâd-dû bârisnih; it is mentioned in Pahl. Vend. V, 167, VII, 48, but not described there. The usual definition of the sin is 'walking about without the sacred threadgirdle;' and it is generally classed with the two other Parsi sins of
walking with one boot' and 'making water on foot' (see AV. XXV, 5, 6); sometimes a fourth Parsi sin, unseasonable chatter,' is associated with them, as in the text, but this is supposed to be punished in a different manner in hell (see AV. XXIII).
Indicating that it is not absolutely necessary to wear the sacred thread-girdle till one is fifteen years old (see Chap. X, 13).
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