Whether when a man has once resolved to go into Pârs, with gifts for the priesthood, it be lawful for him to send another man with the gifts

doi:10.1017/CBO9781139410816.090

89 - Whether when a man has once resolved to go into Pârs, with gifts for the priesthood, it be lawful for him to send another man with the gifts

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 October 2014

Edited and translated by

Edward William West

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Frontmatter
Contents
INTRODUCTION
Abbreviations used in this volume
DÂDISTÂN-Î DÎNÎK
1 Introductory
2 Why a righteous man is better than all creatures, spiritual or worldly
3 Why a righteous man is created, and how he should act
4 Why a righteous man is great
5 How temporal distress is to be regarded
6 Why the good suffer more than the bad in this world
7 Why we are created, and what we ought to do
8 Whether good works done for the dead differ in effect from those ordered or done by themselves
9 How far they differ
10 The growth of good works during life
11 Whether the growth of a good work be as commendable as the original good work
12 Whether it eradicates sin equally well
13 Whether one is made responsible for all his sins and good works separately at the last account, or only for their balance
14 The angels who take account of sin and good works, and how sinners are punished
15 The exposure of a corpse does not occasion the final departure of life, and is meritorious
16 Whether the soul be aware of, or disturbed by, the corpse being gnawed
17 Reasons for the exposure of corpses
18 How the corpse and bones are to be disposed of
19 Whether departed souls can see Aûharmazd and Aharman
20 Where the souls of the righteous and wicked go
21 The Dâîtih peak, the Kinvad bridge, and the two paths of departed souls
22 Whether the spirits are distressed when a righteous man dies
23 How the life departs from the body
24 Where a righteous soul stays for the first three nights after death, and what it does next
25 Where a wicked soul stays for the first three nights after death, and what it does next
26 The nature of heaven and its pleasures
27 The nature of hell and its punishments
28 Why ceremonies in honour of Srôsh are performed for the three days after a death
29 Why Srôsh must be reverenced separately from other angels
30 Why three sacred cakes are consecrated at dawn after the third night from a death
31 How a righteous soul goes to heaven, and what it finds and does there
32 How a wicked soul goes to hell, and what it finds and suffers there
33 The position and subdivisions of hell
34 The two ways from the Dâîtih peak; that of the righteous to heaven, and that of the wicked to hell
35 The continuance of mankind in the world till the resurrection
36 The preparers of the renovation of the universe
37 The contest of the good and evil spirits from the creation till the resurrection, and the condition of creation after the resurrection
38 The effect of doing more good works than are necessary for attaining to the supreme heaven
39 Reasons for wearing the sacred thread-girdle
40 On the sacred shirt and thread-girdle, grace before and after eating, and cleansing the mouth before the aftergrace
41 The sin of apostasy, and how to atone for it
42 The good works of him who saves others from apostasy
43 The distance at which the fire can be addressed, the use of a lamp, and the proper order of the propitiatory dedications, when consecrating a sacred cake
44 Whether a skilful priest who is employed to perform ceremonies, but is not officially the priest of the district, should be paid a regular stipend
45 The separate duties of priests and disciples
46 When a priest can abandon the priesthood to obtain a livelihood
47 Whether a priest who knows the Avesta, or one who understands the commentary, be more entitled to the foremost place at a sacred feast
48 The advantage and proper mode of celebrating the ceremonial
49 Whether it be lawful to buy corn and keep it long, so as to raise the price for the sake of profit
50 Whether it be lawful to sell wine to foreigners and infidels
51 The sin of drunkenness, and what constitutes immoderate drinking
52 Whether a man who bargains to deliver wheat in a month, and takes a deposit, is bound to deliver the wheat if its market-price has risen enormously
53 Whether it be lawful to sell cattle to those of a different religion
54 Whether a man without a son can give away his property to one daughter on his death-bed; the laws of inheritance, and when an adopted son must be appointed, in such a case
55 Whose duty it is to order the ceremonies after a death
56 The laws of adoption and family-guardianship
57 Those who are fit, or unfit, for adoption
58 The three kinds of adoption
59 The least amount of property that requires the appointment of an adopted son
60 The sin of not appointing an adopted son, or of appointing a dishonest one
61 The merit and demerit of family-guardianship
62 The laws of inheritance
63 Whether it be lawful to seize property from foreigners and infidels
64 The origin of Gâyômard, Mashyâîh, and Mashyâyôîh
65 The origin of next-of-kin marriage
66 Regarding the cost of religious rites, and whether a priest's fees can be reduced when others will take less
67 The cause of the rainbow
68 The cause of the phases of the moon
69 The cause of eclipses
70 The causes of river-beds
71 What things happen through destiny, and what through exertion
72 The seven heinous sinners, and the necessity of avoiding him who commits unnatural intercourse
73 Whether the stench of such intercourse reaches the sky
74 Whether that stench disturbs the archangels
75 Whether the angels raise such a sinner from the dead at the resurrection
76 Whether it be a good work to kill such a sinner
77 Why such intercourse is a heinous sin
78 Why adultery is heinous, and how one can atone for it
79 The sin of not repeating the full grace before drinking (when one is able to do so), and how one can atone for it
80 Regarding him who does not order ceremonies
81 About the ceremonies for the living soul
82 About him who pays for ceremonies and him who takes the money without performing them
83 Whether a priest must undertake all religious rites
84 Whether gifts to the priesthood for ceremonies can be diminished or increased
85 The advantages of increasing such gifts
86 The harm of diminishing such gifts
87 Why it is good to give such gifts
88 About the cost of religious rites in Pârs
89 Whether when a man has once resolved to go into Pârs, with gifts for the priesthood, it be lawful for him to send another man with the gifts
90 The seven immortal rulers in the region of Khvanîras before the coming of the good religion
91 The nature and material of the sky
92 The course and benefit of the water of Arekdvisûr
93 Tistar's seizing of water from the ocean to rain it upon the earth, and his conflict with Apâôsh
94 Conclusion
EPISTLES OF MÂNÛSKÎHAR

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Information: Pahlavi Texts , pp. 254 - 255

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139410816.090 [Opens in a new window]

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Print publication year: 2012

First published in: 1882

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