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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31 (89). If he shall not support her, so that the whelps come to grief, for want of proper support, he shall pay for it the penalty for wilful murder.'
32 (92). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a bitch be near her time and be lying in a sheep-fold, which is the worshipper of Mazda that shall support her?
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33 (94). Ahura Mazda answered: 'He who built the sheep-fold or whoso holds it, the care of supporting her is his; so long shall he support her, until the whelps be born.
34 (97). If he shall not support her so that the whelps come to grief, for want of proper support, he shall pay for it the penalty for wilful murder.'
35 (100). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a bitch be near her time and be lying on the earth-wall', which is the worshipper of Mazda that shall support her?
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36 (102). Ahura Mazda answered: He who erected the wall or whoso holds it, the care of supporting her is his; so long shall he support her, until the whelps be born.
37 (105). 'If he shall not support her, so that the whelps come to grief, for want of proper support, he shall pay for it the penalty for wilful murder.'
38 (108). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a bitch be near her time and be lying in the moat, which is the worshipper of Mazda that shall support her?
39 (110). Ahura Mazda answered: 'He who dug the moat or whoso holds it, the care of supporting
1 The wall around the house. The moat before the earth-wall.
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