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each hole is at a minimum distance of three feet, at a maximum as much as one thoroughly purifies his body in ; and they are to be formed in it from the north, and are to be dug in the direction towards its more southern side.
f. In the daytime is the purifier's scoring of the furrows, and with a blade they are to be scored; with the recital of the Avesta? they are to be scored ; in the day they are to be scoreds; in that day they are to be scored, when a furrow is scored, three Ashemvohas", the Fravarânê', whatever period of the day one considers it to be, the dedication to Srôsh®, and its inward prayer? are to be taken up inwardly.
g. It is also to be done inside it from the north, and its end is to be passed back at the end ; for every single furrow there is one Yatha-ahd-vairyð 8 at the least, and at the most as many as are possible for it; a furrow is not to be scored again for a furrow, until it is to be put into use; whenever it is fully disturbed it is to be scored again with the recital of its Avesta ; when prepared for use and one scores it again it is no matter.
i See $$ 14, 15. * The Ahunavar or Yatha-ahQ-vairyo (see $ 8). · So in L4.
See Dd. LXXIX, 1, note. • That is, the profession of faith (Yas. I, 65), which is as follows :—'I will profess myself a Zarathustrian Masda-worshipper, opposed to the demons and of the Ahura faith. This is followed by the dedication to the period of the day, which is given for the first period only in Yas. I, 66, 67; the dedications for the other periods will be found in Gah II-V, 1.
Sir. I, 17. ? See Dd. XL, 5, note. All the prayers here detailed are to be murmured merely as a preliminary spell, but while each furrow is being scored a further formula is to be recited (sees).
. See pp. 385-386.
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