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 XIII.
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with the Aspahê-astra, seven hundred stripes with the Sraoshō-karana.'
14 (42). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a man shall smite a Vohunazga dog so that it gives up the ghost and the soul parts from the body, what is the penalty that he shall pay ?
Ahura Mazda answered: Six hundred stripes with the Aspahê-astra, six hundred stripes with the Sraoshô-karana.'
15 (45). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a man shall smite a Tauruna dog1 so that it gives up the ghost and the soul parts from the body, what is the penalty that he shall pay?
Ahura Mazda answered: Five hundred stripes with the Aspahê-astra, five hundred stripes with the Sraoshd-karana.'
16 (48). “This is the penalty for the murder of a Gazu dog, of a Vizu dog?, of a porcupine dogs, of a sharp-toothed weasel“, of a swift-running fox; this is the penalty for the murder of any of the creatures of the Good Spirit belonging to the dog kind, except the water-dog 6.'
III. 17 (49). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! What is the place of the shepherd's dog?
1 Tauruna seems to be another name of the trained or hunting-dog (cf. § 8 compared with $$ 12-15), though tradition translates it a dog not older than four months.
: Unknown. Cf. V, 31, 32. : A porcupine. Cf. V, 31. . A weasel. Cf. V, 33.
• The otter. For the penalty in that case is most heavy' (Comm.) Cf. $ 52 seq. and Farg. XIV.
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