Sacred Laws of Aryas

SR No.: 007687
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Gorge Buhler
Publisher: Oxford
Publication Year: 1897
Total Pages: 1979
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 36 MB

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FARGARD VIII.
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fire from an aonya takhairya1, what shall be his reward when his soul has parted with his body?
Ahura Mazda answered: 'His reward shall be the same as if he had, here below, brought forty fire-brands to the Dâityô-gâtu.'
94 (268). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a man bring a herdsman's fire to the Dâityô-gâtu, what shall be his reward when his soul has parted with his body?
Ahura Mazda answered: 'His reward shall be the same as if he had, here below, brought thirty fire-brands to the Dâityô-gâtu.'
[95 (269). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a man bring to the Dâityô-gâtu the fire of the field 3, what shall be his reward when his soul has parted with his body?
Ahura Mazda answered: 'His reward shall be the same as if he had, here below, brought twenty fire-brands to the Dâityô-gâtu.']
96 (270). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a man bring to the Dâityô-gâtu the fire of his own hearth, what shall be his reward when his soul has parted with his body?
Ahura Mazda answered: His reward shall be the same as if he had, here below, brought ten fire-brands to the Dâityô-gâtu.'
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97 (271). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! Can a man be made clean, O holy
From the Vendîdâd Sâda.
1 Meaning unknown.
The hunter's fire, an encampment's fire.
4
By which one warms one's self; the fire least exposed to uncleanness.
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