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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1843 Excerpt: ...being of the water-species. Tlicy are to be seen twisting and turning everywhere, and about the thickness of a good the form of a dog, 10,000 turtles, 10,000 land frogs, 10,000 water frogs, 1O-000 ants v.iiieh drag the grain, and 10,000 stinging ants, 10,000 blood-suckers, 10,000 stinging flies. He must take out 10.000 impure stones from the ground. The fire of the twice-seTen kinds (the A'tish-Behram) is to be honoured by him. lie is to present to the priest the instruments of his craft, a knife, the gostddn, the padan, a whip for killing vermin, the merkinddn, the havanim, the tasto, the horn, and the barsarn. He is to present to-the soldier the instruments of his craft. He is to present gifts to the agriculturist. He is to present a field and a virgin of fifteen years of age, with golden ornaments, fourteen goats, fourteen whelps, etc. etc. tepure men or priests. If he make not these atonements, he must go to the abode of the devils. On this nonsense, I forbear to comment. 15. The fifteenth fargaTd of the Vandidad commences with the notice of certain crimes-which are declared to be J---oj)_j)--.MVwiMtfM apaSUa anuzvarsta, incapable of being undone by the penitential services, or of being pardoned. The first of them is following out ones' own inclination in reference to religion, and giving even a very little praise to another faith. The second is feeding the dogs Pasushurun, or Veshurun, with hard bones, or too hot food. If the bones stick in their teeth, or throats, and if with the hot food their gums and tongue be burnt, and if they die, the offender has commited a capital (margzdni) offence. The third is the killing of a dog great with young, or the pursuit or frightening of her by noise, so as to make her fall into a ditch, well, or wa...
| ISBN-13 | 9781150301223 |
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| ISBN-10 | 1150301228 |
| Weight | 1.37 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.95 In |
| List Price | $30.52 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 426 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-12-01 |
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