Dog

Created by Jijith Nadumuri at 28 Sep 2011 14:55 and updated at 28 Sep 2011 14:55

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vdd.03 2,3. O Maker of the material world, thou Holy one! Which is the second place where the Earth feels most happy? Ahura Mazda answered: It is the place whereon one of the faithful erects a house with a Priest within with Cattle, with a wife, with children, and good herds within and wherein afterwards the Cattle continue to thrive, virtue to thrive fodder to thrive, the Dog to thrive, the wife to thrive, the child to thrive, the Fire to thrive, and every blessing of life to thrive.
vdd.03 36. O Maker of the material world, thou Holy one! If a man shall bury in the earth either the corpse of a Dog or the corpse of a man, and if he shall not disinter it within half a year, what is the penalty that he shall pay? Ahura Mazda answered: Five Hundred Stripes with the Aspahe Ashtra Five Hundred Stripes with the Sraosho Charana
vdd.03 37. O Maker of the material world, thou Holy one! If a man shall bury in the earth either the corpse of a Dog or the corpse of a man, and if he shall not disinter it within a year, what is the penalty that he shall pay? Ahura Mazda answered: A thousand Stripes with the Aspahe Ashtra, a thousand Stripes with the Sraosho Charana.
vdd.03 38. O Maker of the material world, thou Holy one! If a man shall bury in the earth either the corpse of a Dog or the corpse of a man, and if he shall not disinter it within the second year, what is the penalty for it? What is the atonement for it? What is the cleansing from it?
vdd.05 5. O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! Here is a man watering a corn field. The water streams down the field it streams again it streams a third time and the fourth time, a Dog, a Fox, or a Wolf carries some Nasu into the bed of the stream: what is the penalty that the man shall pay
vdd.05 29. If it be a shepherd s Dog, the Druj Nasu rushes forth, O Spitama Zarathushtra! she goes as far as the eighth and defiles the seven. If it be a house Dog, the Druj Nasu rushes forth, O Spitama Zarathushtra! she goes as far as the seventh and defiles the six.
vdd.05 30. If it be a Vohunazga Dog the Druj Nasu rushes forth, O Spitama Zarathushtra! she goes as far as the sixth and defiles the five. If it be a Tauruna Dog the Druj Nasu rushes forth, O Spitama Zarathushtra! she goes as far as the fifth and defiles the four.
vdd.05 31. If it be a porcupine Dog, the Druj Nasu rushes forth, O Spitama Zarathushtra! she goes as far as the fourth and defiles the Three. If it be a Jazu Dog the Druj Nasu rushes forth, O Spitama Zarathushtra! she goes as far as the third and defiles the Two.
vdd.05 32. If it be an Aiwizu Dog, the Druj Nasu rushes forth, O Spitama Zarathushtra! she goes as far as the second and defiles the next. If it be a Vizu Dog, the Druj Nasu rushes forth, O Spitama Zarathushtra! she goes as far as the next, she defiles the next.
vdd.05 39. O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! When into our houses here below we have brought the fire, the Baresma, the cups, the Haoma, and the mortar O holy Ahura Mazda! if it come to pass that either a Dog or a man dies there, what shall the worshippers of Mazda do?
vdd.06 10. O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a man shall throw on the ground a bone of a dead Dog, or of a dead man, as large as the top joint of the little finger, and if grease or marrow flow from it on to the ground, what penalty shall he pay?
vdd.06 12. O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a man shall throw on the ground a bone of a dead Dog, or of a dead man, as large as the top joint of the fore finger, and if grease or marrow flow from it on to the ground, what penalty shall he pay?
vdd.06 14. O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a man shall throw on the ground a bone of a dead Dog, or of a dead man, as large as the top joint of the middle finger, and if grease or marrow flow from it on to the ground, what penalty shall he pay?
vdd.06 16. O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a man shall throw on the ground a bone of a dead Dog, or of a dead man, as large as a finger or as a rib, and if grease or marrow flow from it on to the ground, what penalty shall he pay?
vdd.06 18. O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a man shall throw on the ground a bone of a dead Dog, or of a dead man, as large as Two fingers or as Two ribs, and if grease or marrow flow from it on the ground, what penalty shall he pay?
vdd.06 20. O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a man shall throw on the ground a bone of a dead Dog, or of a dead man, as large as an arm bone or as a thigh bone, and if grease or marrow flow from it on the ground, what penalty shall he pay?
vdd.06 22. O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a man shall throw on the ground a bone of a dead Dog, or of a dead man, as large as a man s skull, and if grease or marrow flow from it on the ground, what penalty shall he pay?
vdd.06 24. O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a man shall throw on the ground the whole body of a dead Dog, or of a dead man, and if grease or marrow flow from it on the ground, what penalty shall he pay?
vdd.06 42. O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! Can the Haoma that has been touched with Nasu from a dead Dog, or from a dead man, be made clean again?
vdd.06 50. Ahura Mazda answered: The worshippers of Mazda shall make a receptacle out of the reach of the Dog, of the Fox, and of the Wolf, and wherein rain water cannot stay.
vdd.07 3. On him she stays until the Dog has seen the corpse or eaten it up, or until the flesh eating Birds have taken flight towards it When the Dog has seen it or eaten it up, or when the flesh eating Birds have taken flight towards it, then the Druj Nasu rushes 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 foulest Khrafstras.
vdd.07 4. O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If the man has been killed by a Dog, or by a Wolf, or by Witchcraft, or by the artifices of hatred or by falling down a precipice, or by the law or by calumny or by the noose how long after death does the Druj Nasu come and rush upon the dead?
vdd.07 8. If it be a shepherd s Dog, the Druj Nasu rushes forth, O Spitama Zarathushtra! she goes as far as the eighth and defiles the seven. If it be a house Dog, the Druj Nasu rushes forth, O Spitama Zarathushtra! she goes as far as the seventh and defiles the six.
vdd.07 9. If it he a Vohunazga Dog, the Druj Nasu rushes forth, O Spitama Zarathushtra! she goes as far as the sixth and defiles the five. If it be a Tauruna Dog, the Druj Nasu rushes forth, O Spitama Zarathushtra! she goes as far as the fifth and defiles the Four Those clothes shall serve for their coverings and for their sheets.
vdd.07 12. O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! Can that garment be made clean, O holy Ahura Mazda! that has been touched by the carcass of a Dog or the corpse of a man?
vdd.07 23. O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! Can he be clean again who has eaten of the carcass of a Dog or of the corpse of a man
vdd.07 28. O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! Can the wood be made clean, O holy Ahura Mazda! whereunto Nasu has been brought from a dead Dog, or from a dead man?
vdd.07 32. O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! Can the corn or the fodder be made clean O holy Ahura Mazda! whereunto Nasu has been brought from a dead Dog, or from a dead man?
vdd.07 73. O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! Can the eating vessels be made clean that have been touched by Nasu from a Dog, or Nasu from a man?
vdd.07 76. O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! Can the Cow be made clean that has eaten of the carcass of a Dog, or of the corpse of a man?
vdd.08 1. If a Dog or a man die under a hut of wood or a hut of felt what shall the worshippers of Mazda do
vdd.08 4. O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If in the house of a worshipper of Mazda a Dog or a man happens to die, and it is raining or snowing, or blowing or it is dark, or the day is at its end, when flocks and men lose their way, what shall the worshippers of Mazda do
vdd.08 16. They shall therefore cause a yellow Dog with Four eyes or a white Dog with yellow ears, to go Three times through that way When 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 foulest Khrafstras
vdd.08 17. If the Dog goes unwillingly, O Spitama Zarathushtra, they shall cause the yellow Dog with Four eyes, or the white Dog with yellow ears, to go Six times through that way. When 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 foulest Khrafstras.]
vdd.08 18. If the Dog goes unwillingly, they shall cause the yellow Dog with Four eyes, or the white Dog with yellow ears, to go nine times through that way. When either the yellow Dog with Four eyes, or the white Dog with yellow ears, has been 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 foulest Khrafstras.]
vdd.08 35. O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! Can the man be made clean that has touched the corpse of a Dog or the corpse of a man?
vdd.08 37. If the Nasu has not yet been expelled by the corpse eating Dogs, or by the corpse eating Birds then the worshippers of Mazda shall dig Three holes in the ground and he shall thereupon wash his body with Gomez, not with water. They shall then lift and bring my Dog they shall bring him (thus shall it be done and not otherwise) in front [of the man]
vdd.08 38. The worshippers of Mazda shall dig Three other holes in the ground, and he shall thereupon wash his body with Gomez, not with water. They shall then lift and bring my Dog, they shall bring him (thus shall it be done and not otherwise) in front [of the man]. Then shall they wait until he is dried even to the last hair on the top of his head.
vdd.13 2. Ahura Mazda answered: The Dog with the prickly back, with the long and thin muzzle, the Dog Vanghapara which evil speaking people call the Duzaka this is the good creature among the creatures of the Good Spirit Spenta[ Mainyu] that from midnight till the sun is up goes and kills thousands of the creatures of the Evil Spirit.
vdd.13 3. And whosoever, O Zarathushtra! shall kill the Dog with the prickly back, with the long and thin muzzle, the Dog Vanghapara, which evil speaking people call the Duzaka, kills his own soul for Nine generations, nor shall he find a way over the Chinwad bridge unless he has, while alive, atoned for his Sin
vdd.13 4. O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a man kill the Dog with the prickly back, with the long and thin muzzle, the Dog Vanghapara, which evil speaking people call the Duzaka, what is the penalty that he shall pay? Ahura Mazda answered: A thousand Stripes with the Aspahe Astra, a thousand Stripes with the Sraosho Charana.
vdd.13 8. Whosoever shall smite either a shepherd s Dog, or a house Dog, or a Vohunazga Dog or a trained Dog his soul when passing to the other world, shall fly howling louder and more sorely grieved than the Sheep does in the lofty Forest where the Wolf ranges.
vdd.13 10. If a man shall smite a shepherd s Dog so that it becomes unfit for work, if he shall cut off its ear or its paw, and thereupon a thief or a Wolf break in and carry away Sheep[] from the fold, without the Dog giving any warning, the man shall pay for the loss, and he shall pay for the wound of the Dog as for wilful wounding
vdd.13 11. If a man shall smite a house Dog so that it becomes unfit for work, if he shall cut off its ear or its paw, and thereupon a thief or a Wolf break in and carry away [anything] from the house, without the Dog giving any warning, the man shall pay for the loss, and he shall pay for the wound of the Dog as for wilful wounding.
vdd.13 12. O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a man shall smite a shepherd s Dog, so that it gives up the ghost and the soul parts from the body, what is the penalty that he shall pay? Ahura Mazda answered: Eight Hundred Stripes with the Aspahe Astra, EightHundred Stripes with the Sraosho Charana.
vdd.13 13. O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a man shall smite a house Dog so that it gives up the ghost and the soul parts from the body, what is the penalty that he shall pay? Ahura Mazda answered Seven Hundred Stripes with the Aspahe astra, Seven Hundred Stripes with the Sraosho Charana.
vdd.13 14. O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a man shall smite a Vohunazga Dog so that it gives up the ghost and the soul parts from the body, what is the penalty that he shall pay? Ahura Mazda answered: Six Hundred Stripes with the Aspahe astra, Six Hundred Stripes with the Sraosho Charana.
vdd.13 15. O Maker of tlie material world, thou Holy One! If a man shall smite a Tauruna Dog so that it gives up the ghost and the soul parts from the body, what is the penalty that he shall pay? Ahura Mazda answered: Five Hundred Stripes with the Aspahe astra, Five Hundred Stripes with the Sraosho Charana.
vdd.13 16. This is the penalty for the murder of a Jazhu Dog, of a Vizu Dog of a porcupine Dog of a sharptoothed weasel of a swift running Fox this is the penalty for the murder of any of the creatures of the Good Spirit Spenta[ Mainyu] belonging to the Dog kind, except the water Dog
vdd.13 17. O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! What is the place of the shepherd s Dog? Ahura Mazda answered: He comes and goes a Yujyesti round about the fold, watching for the thief and the Wolf.
vdd.13 18. O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! What is the place of the house Dog? Ahura Mazda answered: He comes and goes a Hathra round about the house, watching for the thief and the Wolf.
vdd.13 19. O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! What is the place of the Vohunazga Dog?. Ahura Mazda answered: He claims none of those talents, and only seeks for his subsistence
vdd.13 20. O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a man give bad food to a shepherd s Dog, of what Sin does he make himself guilty? Ahura Mazda answered: He makes himself guilty of the same guilt as though he should serve bad food to a master of a house of the first rank.
vdd.13 21. O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a man give bad food to a house Dog, of what Sin does he make himself guilty? Ahura Mazda answered: He makes himself guilty of the same guilt as though he should serve bad food to a master of a house of middle rank.
vdd.13 22. O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a man give bad food to a Vohunazga Dog, of what Sin does he make himself guilty? Ahura Mazda answered: He makes himself guilty of the same guilt as though he should serve bad food to a holy man, who should come to his house in the character of a Priest
vdd.13 23. O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a man give bad food to a Tauruna Dog, of what Sin does he make himself guilty? Ahura Mazda answered: He makes himself guilty of the same guilt as though he should serve bad food to a young man, born of pious parents, and who can already answer for his deeds
vdd.13 24. O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a man shall give bad food to a shepherd s Dog, what is the penalty that he shall pay? Ahura Mazda answered: He is a Peshotanu: Two Hundred Stripes with the Aspahe Astra, Two Hundred Stripes with the Sraosho Charana
vdd.13 25. O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a man shall give bad food to a house Dog, what is the penalty that he shall pay? Ahura Mazda answered: Ninety Stripes with the Aspahe Astra, Ninety Stripes with the Sraosho Charana.
vdd.13 26. O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a man shall give bad food to a Vohunazga Dog, what is the penalty that he shall pay? Ahura Mazda answered: Seventy Stripes with the Aspahe Astra, Seventy Stripes with the Sraosho Charana.
vdd.13 27. O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a man shall give bad food to a Tauruna Dog, what is the penalty that he shall pay? Ahura Mazda ansvvered: Fifty Stripes with the Aspahe Astra, Fifty Stripes with the Sraosho Charana.
vdd.13 28. For in this material world, O Spitama Zarathushtra! it is the Dog, of all the creatures of the Good Spirit Spenta[ Mainyu], that most quickly decays into age, while not eating near eating people, and watching goods none of which it receives. Bring ye unto him milk and fat with meat this is the right food for the Dog
vdd.13 29. O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If there be in the house of a worshipper of Mazda a mad Dog that bites without barking, what shall the worshippers of Mazda do?
vdd.13 31. If they shall not do so, and the mad Dog that bites without barking, smite a Sheep or wound a man, the Dog shall pay for the wound of the wounded as for wilful murder
vdd.13 32. If the Dog shall smite a Sheep or wound a man, they shall cut off his right ear. If he shall smite another Sheep or wound another man, they shall cut off his left ear.
vdd.13 34. If he shall for the fifth time smite a Sheep or wound a man, they shall cut off his tail. Therefore they shall tie a muzzle to the collar by the Two sides of the collar they shall tie it. If they shall not do so, and the mad Dog that bites without barking, smite a Sheep or wound a man, he shall pay for the wound of the wounded as for wilful murder.
vdd.13 35. O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If there be in the house of a worshipper of Mazda a mad Dog, who has no scent, what shall the worshippers of Mazda do? Ahura Mazda answered: They shall attend him to heal him, in the same manner as they would do for one of the faithful.
vdd.13 38. If they shall not do so, the scentless Dog may fall into a hole, or a well, or a precipice, or a River, or a canal, and come to grief: if he come to grief so, they shall be therefore Peshotanus.
vdd.13 39. The Dog, O Spitama Zarathushtra! I, Ahura Mazda, have made self clothed and self shod watchful and wakeful and sharp toothed born to take his food from man and to watch over man s goods. I, Ahura Mazda, have made the Dog strong of body against the evil doer, when sound of mind and watchful over your goods.
vdd.13 41. O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! Which of the Two Wolves deserves more to be killed, the one that a he Dog begets of a she Wolf, or the one that a he Wolf begets of a she Dog? Ahura Mazda answered: Of these Two Wolves, the one that a he Dog begets of a she Wolf deserves more to be killed than the one that a he Wolf begets of a she Dog.
vdd.13 42. For the Dogs born therefrom fall on the shepherd s Dog, on the house Dog, on the Vohunazga Dog, on the trained Dog, and destroy the folds such Dogs are more murderous, more mischievous, more destructive to the folds than any other Dogs
vdd.13 43. And the Wolves born therefrom fall on the shepherd s Dog, on the house Dog, on the Vohunazga Dog, on the trained Dog, and destroy the folds such Wolves are more murderous, more mischievous, more destructive to the folds than any other Wolves.
vdd.13 44. A Dog has the characters of Eight sorts of people: He has the character of a Priest, He has the character of a Warrior, He has the character of a Husbandman, He has the character of a strolling singer, He has the character of a thief, He has the character of a disu, He has the character of a courtezan, He has the character of a child.
vdd.13 49. If those Two Dogs of mine, the shepherd s Dog and the house Dog, pass by any of my houses, let them never be kept away from it. For no house could subsist on the earth made by Ahura, but for those Two Dogs of mine, the shepherd s Dog and the house Dog.
vdd.13 50. O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! When a Dog dies, with marrow and seed dried up, whereto does his ghost go?
vdd.13 51. Ahura Mazda answered: It passes to the spring of the waters O Spitama Zarathushtra! and there out of them Two water Dogs are formed: out of every thousand Dogs and every thousand she Dogs, a couple is formed, a water Dog and a water she Dog
vdd.13 52. He who kills a water Dog brings about a drought that dries up pastures. Until then, O Spitama Zarathushtra! sweetness and fatness would flow out from that land and from those fields, with health and healing, with fulness and increase and growth, and a growing of corn and grass.
vdd.13 54,55. Ahura Mazda answered: Sweetness and fatness will never come back again to that land and to those fields, with health and healing, with fulness and increase and growth, and a growing of corn and grass, until the murderer of the water Dog has been smitten to death on the spot, and the holy soul of the Dog has been offered up a sacrifice, for Three days and Three nights, with Fire blazing, with Baresma tied up, and with Haoma prepared
vdd.14 5. He shall kill Ten thousand Snakes of those that go upon the belly. He shall kill Ten thousand Kahrpus, who are Snakes with the shape of a Dog He shall hill Ten thousand Tortoises He shall kill Ten thousand land Frogs he shall kill Ten thousand water Frogs. He shall kill Ten thousand corn carrying Ants he shall kill Ten thousand Ants of the small, venomous mischievous kind
vdd.14 12. He shall godly and piously procure a rill of running water for godly husbandmen, to redeem his own soul. O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! How large is the rill? Ahura Mazda answered: The depth of a Dog, and the breadth of a Dog
vdd.14 17. He shall put into repair twice Nine stables that are out of repair. He shall cleanse twice Nine Dogs from stipti, anairiti, and vyangura and all the diseases that are produced on the body of a Dog. He shall treat twice Nine godly men to their fill of meat, bread, strong drink, and wine.
vdd.15 3. It is the second of these sins when a man gives bones too hard or food too hot to a shepherd s Dog or to a house Dog
vdd.15 4. If the bones stick in the Dog s teeth or stop in his throat or if the food too hot burn his mouth or his tongue, he may come to grief thereby if he come to grief thereby, the man who has done the deed becomes a Peshotanu
vdd.15 48. They shall first tie up [the bitch] there, far from children and from the Fire, the son of Ahura Mazda and they shall watch by her until a Dog comes there from anywhere then another again, and then a third again each being kept apart from the former, lest they should assail one another.

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