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FARGARD VII.
VI. 28 (72). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! Can the wood be made clean, O holy Ahura Mazda! whereunto Nasu has been brought from a dead dog, or from a dead man?
29 (73). Ahura Mazda answered: 'It can, O holy Zarathustra!'
How so?
'If the Nasu has not yet been expelled by the corpse-eating dogs, or by the corpse-eating birds ?, they shall lay down, apart on the ground, all the wood on a Vitasti 8 all around, if the wood be dry; on a Frârâthni * all around, if it be wet; then they shall sprinkle it once over with water, and it shall be clean
30 (78). "But if the Nasu has already been expelled by the corpse-eating dogs, or by the corpse-eating birds, they shall lay down, apart on the ground, all the wood on a Frârâthni all around, if the wood be dry; on a Frâbâzu ? all around, if it
That is to say, if the Sag-dîd has not yet been performed. Read: 'If the Nasu has been expelled ..:'(that is to say, if the Sag-dîd has been performed). See note 6.
• See above, p. 77, n. 3. • Twelve fingers; a span. 4 The Frârâthni is, as it seems, as much as a forearm. 5. After a year,' according to the Commentary.
• Read: “But if the Nasu has not yet been expelled.' It appears from the similar passages (VIII, 35, 36, and 98, 99) and from the general principles of uncleanness that the words If the Nasu has not yet been expelled,' in $ 29, have been misplaced there from $ 30, and that the corresponding words in $ 30 belong to $ 29; because uncleanness spreads less far, when the Sag-did has taken place. A measure of unknown cxtent; 'an arm's length,' it would seem.
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| SR No. | 007671 |
| Book Title | Zend Avesta Part 01 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | James Darmesteter |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1895 |
| Total Pages | 2695 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 49 MB |