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VENDIDÂD XIII, 34. vaêibya naêmaêibya.-By the two sides' fof the collar they shall tie it; Vd. XIII, 30).
VENDIDÂD XIII, 48. spânahê.—Of the dog-kind.'
VendidÂD XV, 10. If an unmarried woman bear a child, without fault of her own, and a relation, to save her honour, acknowledges the child, and the members of the family acquiesce in it, from that time they shall protect her,
avavata aogangha yatha yad panka narô.—“ With as much energy as five men."
VENDÎDÂD XVIII, 1. *The paitidâna or padam falls by two fingers below the mouth. That appears from the passage :
baê-erezu-frathanghem. . .-"On a length of two fingers."
VENDÎDÂD XVIII, 2. baê-erezu âi ashâum Zarathustra.—By two fingers, O holy Zarathustra !' (see preceding fragment).
• The serpent-killer (khrafstraghna, már-kûn) may be made of any substance ; leather is better, as appears from the passage :
Vohu Manangha ganaiti apemkid Angrô Mainyus. -“He repels Angra Mainyu with Vohu Mano ?." :
See above, p. 172, note 10. . Vohu Mano as the Amshaspand of cattle; see above, pp. 215-216, note 6.
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