Zend Avesta Part 01

Author(s): James Darmesteter
Publisher: Oxford

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CONTENTS.
PAGE VI (28-35). Cleansing of wood and com defiled by the dead 83 VII a (36-40). Physicians; their probation : VII b (41-44). Their fees . . . VIII (45-59). Purification of the earth, of the Dakhmas.
The Dakhmas and the Daevas . . . IX (60-72). Treatment of a woman who has brought forth
a still-born child . . . X (73-75). Cleansing of vessels defiled by the dead. XI (76-77). Cleansing of the cow
XII (78-79). Unclean libations, . FARGARD VIII. . . . . . . . . . .
I (1-3). Purification of the house where a man has died . II (4-13). Funerals . .
. . .
.. 111 (14-22). Purification of the ways along which the
corpse has been carried . . . . . . . 99 IV (23-25). No clothes to be thrown on a corpse . . 102 V (26-32). Unlawful lusts. . . . . . 103 VI (33-34). A corpse when dried up does not contaminate 105 VII (35-72). Purification of the man defiled by the dead . 105'' VIII (73-80). Purification of the fire defiled by the dead. 113 IX (81-96). The Bahram fire . . . . . . 115
X (97-107). Purification in the wilderness . . . . 119 FARGARD IX. THE NINE NIGHTS' BARASHNOM . . . 122
Ia (1-11). Description of the place for cleansing the un
clean the Barashnům-gah) . . . . . . 123 I b (12-36). Description of the cleansing . .
. 126 II (37–44). Fees of the cleanser .
- 132 III (47-57). The false cleanser ; his punishment . . 134 FARGARD X. SPELLS RECITED DURING THE PROCESS OF
THE CLEANSING . . . . . . . . 136 FARGARD XI. SPECIAL SPELLS FOR THE CLEANSING OF THE
SEVERAL OBJECTS. . . . . . . 142 FARGARD XII. THE UPAMAN: HOW LONG IT LASTS FOR DIFFERENT RELATIVES . . . . .
. 148 FARGARD XIII. THE DOG . . . . . . . 155
I (1-7). The dog of Ormazd and the dog of Ahriman . 155 Ia (1-4). Holiness of the dog Vanghåpara ('the hedge-hog') 155 I b (5-7). Hatefulness of the dog Zairim yangura (the tortoise') . . . . . . . . .
157 II (8-16). The several kinds of dogs. Penalties for the
murder of a dog . . . . . . . . . 157 III (17-19). On the duties of the shepherd's dog and the
house-dog · · · · · · · · : · 159
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