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OverviewThis 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. 1880 edition. Excerpt: ...dead shall become immortal by tasting of the white Haoma (ib. XXXI). Holy One! Whither shall we bring, where shall we lay the bodies of the dead, O Ahura Mazda? 45 (93). Ahura Mazda answered: 'On the highest summits 1, where they know there are always corpse-eating dogs and corpse-eating birds, O holy Zarathustra! 46 (95). 'There shall the worshippers of Mazda fasten the corpse, by the feet and by the hair, with brass, stones, or lead, lest the corpse-eating dogs and the corpse-eating birds shall go and carry the bones to the water and to the trees. / 47 (98). 'If they shall not fasten the corpse, so that the corpse-eating dogs and the corpse-eating birds may go and carry the bones to the water and to the trees, what is the penalty that they shall pay?' 48(100). Ahura Mazda answered: 'They shall be Peshotanus: two hundred stripes with the Aspahe-artra, two hundred stripes with the Sraoshoarana.' 49 (101). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One2! Whither shall we bring, where shall we lay the bones of the dead, O Ahura Mazda? 50 (102). Ahura Mazda answered: 'The worshippers of Mazda shall erect a building3 out of the reach of the dog, of the fox, and of the wolf, and wherein rain-water cannot stay4. 1 'On the top of a mountain' (Comm.) See Introd. V, 10; cf. VIII, I0. 2 The foregoing clauses ( 44-47) refer to the place where the corpse must be laid; the following (49-51) refer to the building, which must be erected on that place, if possible, to receive the corpse. The Dakhma. 4 The rain-water that washes away the remains of corpses (V, 16 seq.) must not remain on the Dakhmas (cf. Comm. ad VIII, 7), 51 (105). 'Such a building shall they erect, if they can afford it, with stones, mortar, and earth1; if they cannot afford it, they... Full Product DetailsAuthor: James DarmesteterPublisher: Rarebooksclub.com Imprint: Rarebooksclub.com Dimensions: Width: 18.90cm , Height: 0.60cm , Length: 24.60cm Weight: 0.213kg ISBN: 9781236469205ISBN 10: 1236469208 Pages: 112 Publication Date: 26 June 2012 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Not yet available This item is yet to be released. You can pre-order this item and we will dispatch it to you upon its release. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |