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VENDİDÂD.
3 (9). If one's son or daughter dies, how long shall they stay, the father for his son, the mother for her daughter? How long for the righteous ? How long for the sinners ?
Ahura Mazda answered : 'They shall stay thirty days for the righteous, sixty days for the sinners.'
4 (13). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! How shall I cleanse the house? How shall it be clean again?
Ahura Mazda answered : 'You shall wash your bodies three times, you shall wash your clothes three times, you shall chant the Gathas three times; you shall offer up a sacrifice to my Fire, you shall bind up the bundles of Baresma, you shall bring libations to the good waters; then the house shall be clean, and then the waters may enter, then the fire may enter, and then the AmeshaSpentas may enter, 0 Spitama Zarathustra l'
5 (17). If one's brother or sister dies, how long shall they stay, the brother for his brother, the sister for her sister? How long for the righteous ? How long for the sinners ?
Ahura Mazda answered: “They shall stay thirty days for the righteous, sixty days for the sinners.'
6 (21). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! How shall I cleanse the house? How shall it be clean again?
Ahura Mazda answered : You shall wash your bodies three times, you shall wash your clothes three times, you shall chant the Gathas three times ; you shall offer up a sacrifice to my Fire, you shall bind up the bundles of Baresma, you shall bring libations to the good waters; then the house shall be clean, and then the waters may enter, then the fire may enter, and then the AmeshaSpentas may enter, O Spitama Zarathustra!'
7 (25). If the master of the house 1 dies, or if the
1 The chief of the family, the paterfamilias. The Zoroastrian family is organised on the patriarchal system.
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| SR No. | 007687 |
| Book Title | Sacred Laws of Aryas |
| 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 |