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CHAPTER XXVIII, 6-XXX, 2.
the ceremony of Srôsh, the living spirit (ahvô)', along with other propitiations (shnûmano), when they reverence him separately?
2. The reply is this, that the lord of all things is the creator who is persistent over his own creatures, and a precious work is his own true service which is given by him to Srôsh the righteous whom, for this reason, one is to reverence separately when even his name is not frequently mentioned, and one is not even to reverence the names of the archangels with him.
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CHAPTER XXX.
1. The twenty-ninth question is that which you ask thus: The third night, in the light of dawn, what is the reason for consecrating separately the three sacred cakes with three dedications (shnuman)?
2. The reply is this, that one sacred cake, whose dedication is to Rashnû and Âstâd, is for satisfying
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1 Probably a miswriting of ashôk, 'righteous.'
2 Short formulas of praise, reciting all the usual titles of the spirits intended to be propitiated by them, which are introduced into a particular part of the liturgy to dedicate the ceremony to the particular spirit in whose honour it is being performed (see Sls. VII, 8).
* Reading bôndakih; but it may be bûndakîh, 'completeness. perfection.'
The drôn, or sacred cake, is a small flexible pancake which is consecrated in the ceremonies, and dedicated to some particular spirit by means of the shnuman, or propitiatory dedication (see Sls. III, 32).
See Sls. XVII, 4. These two angels are supposed to be present when the soul renders its account; Rashnû weighs its actions in his golden balance, and Âstâd assists it (see AV. V, 3, 5). Reading râi, instead of lá, not.'
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