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FARGARD 3. the Earth

FARGARD 5. Purity Laws.

a hundred, close by one another; and of those people one happens to die; how many of them does the Druj Nasu242 envelope with corruption, infection, and pollution? 234 ‘To take the rule’ (Comm.), which probably means, ‘to know what sort of penance he m

FARGARD 6. Purity laws

er.’ 30. O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! What part of the water in a pond does the Druj Nasu defile with corruption, infection, and pollution? 31. Ahura Mazda answered: ‘Six steps on each of the four sides. As long as the corpse has not bee

FARGARD 7. Purity Laws, Avestan medicine.

FARGARD 7. Purity Laws, Avestan medicine. Synopsis. I (1-5). How long after death the Druj Nasu takes possession of the corpse. II (6-9 = V, 27-30). How far the defiling power of the Druj Nasu extends. III (10-22). Cleansing of clothes defiled by the dead.

FARGARD 8. Funerals and purification, unlawful sex.

either the yellow dog with four eyes, or the white dog with yellow ears, is brought there, then the Druj Nasu flies away to the regions of the north, [in the shape of a raging fly, with knees and tail sticking out, droning without end, and like unto the foules

FARGARD 9. The Nine Nights’ Barashnum.

times, after his hands have been washed, thou shalt sprinkle the forepart of his skull;478 then the Druj Nasu rushes in front, between his brows.479 16. Thou shalt sprinkle him in front between the brows; then the Druj Nasu rushes upon the back part of the sk