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II (n-12). How it can be removed. III (13-18). Sundry laws relating to the same matter. See Introd. V, 12. 1O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If there be in the house of a worshipper of Mazda a woman who has an issue of blood, either out of the ordinary course or at the usual period, what shall the worshippers of Mazda do? 2Ahura Mazda answered: ‘ They shall clear the way1 of the wood there, both in growing trees and in logs 2; they shall strew dry dust on the ground3; and they shall erect a building there4, higher than the house by a half, or a third, or a fourth, or a fifth part, lest her look should fall upon the fire5.’ 3O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! How far from the fire? How far from the water? How far from the consecrated bundles of baresma? How far from the faithful? 4Ahura Mazda answered: ‘ Fifteen paces from the fire, fifteen paces from the water, fifteen i82 paces from the consecrated bundles of baresma, three paces from the faithful.’ 5(11). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! How far from her shall he stay, who brings food to a woman who has an issue of blood, either out of the ordinary course or at the usual period? 6(12). Ahura Mazda answered: ‘Three paces1 from her shall he stay, who brings food to a woman who has an issue of blood, either out of the ordinary course or at the usual period.’ In what kind of vessels shall he bring the food? In what kind of vessels shall he bring the bread? ‘ In vessels of brass, or of lead, or of any common metal2 3.’ 7(15). How much food shall he bring to her? How much bread shall he bring? ‘(Only) two danares* of long bread, and one danare of milk pap, lest she should gather strength 4. ‘ If a child has just touched her, they shall first wash his hands and then his body5 6. 8‘If she still see blood after three nights a tola is from 105 to 175 grains. have passed, she shall sit in the place of infirmity until four nights have passed. ‘ If she still see blood after four nights have passed, she shall sit in the place of infirmity until five nights have passed. 9‘If she still see blood after five nights have passed, she shall sit in the place of infirmity until six nights have passed. ‘ If she still see blood after six nights have passed, she shall sit in the place of infirmity until seven nights have passed. 10‘If she still see blood after seven nights have passed, she shall sit in the place of infirmity until eight nights have passed. ‘ If she still see blood after eight nights have passed, she shall sit in the place of infirmity until nine nights have passed. 11‘If she still see blood after nine nights have passed, this is a work of the Daevas which they have performed for the worship and glorification of the Daevas *. ‘ The worshippers of Mazda shall clear the way1 2 of the wood there, both in growing trees and in logs; 12‘They shall dig three holes in the earth, and they shall wash the woman with gom£z by two of those holes and with water by the third. ‘ They shall kill Khrafstras, to wit: two hundred corn-carrying ants, if it be summer; two hundred of any other sort of the Khrafstras made by Angra Mainyu, if it be winter1.’ Ahura Mazda answered: ‘ He is a Peshotanu: two hundred stripes with the Aspahe-a^tra, two hundred stripes with the Sraosho-Airana.’ 14O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a man shall again and again wilfully touch the body of a woman who has an issue of blood, either out of the ordinary course or at the usual period, so that the ordinary issue turns to the dye of the unusual one, or the unusual issue to the dye of the ordinary one, what is the penalty that he shall pay? 15Ahura Mazda answered: ‘For the first time he comes near unto her, for the first time he lies by her, thirty stripes with the AspahAartra, thirty stripes with the Sraosho- Parana; for the second time he comes near unto her, for the second time he lies by her, fifty stripes with the Aspaheartra, fifty stripes with the Sraosho-^arana; for the third time he comes near unto her, for the third time he lies by her, seventy stripes with the Aspahe-artra, seventy stripes with the Sraoshd- Airana.’ 16For the fourth time he comes near unto her, for the fourth time he lies by her, if he shall press the body under her clothes, if he shall press the unclean thigh, but without sexual intercourse, what is the penalty that he shall pay? Ahura Mazda answered: ‘Ninety stripes with the Aspahe-ai'tra, ninety stripes with the Sraosho- ^arana. 18(41). ‘All such sinners, embodiments of the Dru^, are scorners of the law: all scorners of the law are rebels against the Lord: all rebels against the Lord are ungodly men; and any ungodly man shall pay for it with his life 3 4.’ ‹Previous chapterVendidad Fargard 15Next chapterVendidad Fargard 17›Similar passagesBy tradition and source labelFind similarCompare selectedCompare with similarAsk Deep ThoughtSelect passages to search for parallels.Tap any verse to select it, then compare selected passages or ask Deep Thought. Public-domain 1880/1883/1887 English translation