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17. Reasons for the exposure of corpses
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18. How the corpse and bones are to be disposed of 19. Whether departed souls can see Aûharmazd and Aharman 44 20. Where the souls of the righteous and wicked go
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21. The Dâîtih peak, the Kinvad bridge, and the two paths
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22. Whether the spirits are distressed when a righteous man dies 50 23. How the life departs from the body
24. Where a righteous soul stays for the first three nights after death, and what it does next
25. Where a wicked soul stays for the first three nights after death, and what it does next
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26. The nature of heaven and its pleasures .
27. The nature of hell and its punishments .
28. Why ceremonies in honour of Srôsh are performed for the three days after a death
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29. Why Srôsh must be reverenced separately from other angels 60 30. Why three sacred cakes are consecrated at dawn after the
third night from a death 31. How a righteous soul goes to heaven, and what it finds and does there
32. How a wicked soul goes to hell, and what it finds and suffers there
33. The position and subdivisions of hell
34. The two ways from the Dâîtih peak; that of the righteous to heaven, and that of the wicked to hell
35. The continuance of mankind in the world till the resurrection
36. The preparers of the renovation of the universe
37. The contest of the good and evil spirits from the creation till the resurrection, and the condition of creation after the resurrection
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38. The effect of doing more good works than are necessary for attaining to the supreme heaven 39. Reasons for wearing the sacred thread-girdle 40. On the sacred shirt and thread-girdle, grace before and after eating, and cleansing the mouth before the aftergrace
41. The sin of apostasy, and how to atone for it 42. The good works of him who saves others from apostasy
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