Dakhma

Created by Jijith Nadumuri at 29 Sep 2011 12:24 and updated at 29 Sep 2011 12:24

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vdd.05	13. And as soon as the Birds begin to fly, the plants to grow, the hidden floods to flow, and the wind to dry up the earth, then the worshippers of Mazda shall lay down the dead (on the Dakhma), his eyes towards the sun.
vdd.05	14. If the worshippers of Mazda have not, within a year, laid down the dead (on the Dakhma), his eyes towards the sun, thou shalt prescribe for that trespass the same penalty as for the murder of one of the faithful until the corpse has heen rained on, until the Dakhma has heen rained on, until the unclean remains have been rained on, until the Birds have eaten up the corpse.
vdd.05	51. Ahura Mazda answered: Gomez mixed with ashes, Three draughts of it, or six, or nine, to send down the Dakhma within her Womb
vdd.07	49. O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! How long after the corpse of a dead man has been laid down on a Dakhma, is the ground, whereon the Dakhma stands, clean again?
vdd.07	66. Ahura Mazda answered: Gomez mixed with ashes, Three draughts of it, or six, or nine, to send down the Dakhma within her Womb.
vdd.08	2. Ahura Mazda answered: They shall search for a Dakhma, they shall look for a Dakhma all around If they find it easier to remove the dead, they shall take out the dead, they shall let the house stand, and shall perfume it with Urvasna or Vohugaona, or Vohukereti, or Hadhanaepata, or any other sweet smelling plant

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