Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- INTRODUCTION
- Abbreviations used in this volume
- DÂDISTÂN-Î DÎNÎK
- EPISTLES OF MÂNÛSKÎHAR
- EPISTLE I. To the good people of Sîrkân
- 1 Introductory compliments, acknowledging receipt of a complaining epistle
- 2 Deploring the false opinions in circulation, owing to the fiend, about the purification ceremonies
- 3 Excusing any defects in this epistle for various reasons detailed
- 4 Deprecating the disuse of the Bareshnûm ceremony, as decreed by his brother ; such disuse being contrary to scripture and the commentaries
- 5 Alluding to the one-sided view of the opinions of the commentators adopted by the decree they had sent
- 6 Discussing the different statements of the commentators as to the number of purifiers and washings
- 7 Discussing the proper quantities of liquids to be used, and the 300 pebbles
- 8 Regarding the stirring up of the bull's urine when fetid, as mentioned in the Sakâdûm Nask
- 9 Deciding that the commentary which teaches the most efficient mode of purification is to be followed, when there are no special reasons for acting otherwise
- 10 Reserving other matters for special instructions to the priests, but warning them not to obey the decree now denounced
- 11 Arranging for the enforcement of his decision, until he can write further, or come himself; and concluding with benediction and date
- EPISTLE II. To his brother, Zâd-sparam
- EPISTLE III. To all of the good religion in Irân. Forbidding the substitution of a fifteenfold washing for the Bareshnûm ceremony; and dated A.Y. 250 (A. D. 881)
- APPENDIX
- INDEX
- CORRECTIONS
9 - Deciding that the commentary which teaches the most efficient mode of purification is to be followed, when there are no special reasons for acting otherwise
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 October 2014
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- INTRODUCTION
- Abbreviations used in this volume
- DÂDISTÂN-Î DÎNÎK
- EPISTLES OF MÂNÛSKÎHAR
- EPISTLE I. To the good people of Sîrkân
- 1 Introductory compliments, acknowledging receipt of a complaining epistle
- 2 Deploring the false opinions in circulation, owing to the fiend, about the purification ceremonies
- 3 Excusing any defects in this epistle for various reasons detailed
- 4 Deprecating the disuse of the Bareshnûm ceremony, as decreed by his brother ; such disuse being contrary to scripture and the commentaries
- 5 Alluding to the one-sided view of the opinions of the commentators adopted by the decree they had sent
- 6 Discussing the different statements of the commentators as to the number of purifiers and washings
- 7 Discussing the proper quantities of liquids to be used, and the 300 pebbles
- 8 Regarding the stirring up of the bull's urine when fetid, as mentioned in the Sakâdûm Nask
- 9 Deciding that the commentary which teaches the most efficient mode of purification is to be followed, when there are no special reasons for acting otherwise
- 10 Reserving other matters for special instructions to the priests, but warning them not to obey the decree now denounced
- 11 Arranging for the enforcement of his decision, until he can write further, or come himself; and concluding with benediction and date
- EPISTLE II. To his brother, Zâd-sparam
- EPISTLE III. To all of the good religion in Irân. Forbidding the substitution of a fifteenfold washing for the Bareshnûm ceremony; and dated A.Y. 250 (A. D. 881)
- APPENDIX
- INDEX
- CORRECTIONS
- Type
- Chapter
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- Pahlavi Texts , pp. 312 - 316Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2012First published in: 1882