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VI. ERPATISTÂN AND NIRANGISTÂN.
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89. He who binds the bundles of Baresman as the holy Gâmâspa1 did, is accepted.
90. How many stems of Baresman, at the least, are needed for the offering to be accepted ?-Three2. What shall they be like?
as thick as a hair,
At the outside an aêsa long, a yava broad.
91. Those who are clothed with rags,
If the inner garment be complete, they are accepted;
If they wear not a complete (inner) garment, they are not accepted.
92.
93. When they put on the garment over the garment 3,
If they put it on from below, they are not accepted *;
If they put it on from above, and then gird it on with the girdle, they are accepted.
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95.
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According to the proper orthodox rite: Gâmâspa was one of the first converts to Zarathustra's doctrine.
Cf. Yasna LVII, 6; Yt. XII, 3.
The Sadara on the Kôstî.
As the garment has, passed by the regions of the body where Ahriman is supposed to reign.
"It slips from the head on to the shoulders and breast.
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