Allusions to Witchcraft And Other Primitve Beliefs in the Zoroastrian Literature
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1 J'. W. West, Tahlaci Texts, SBE. 34.12.11.1. ; 37.207.n.2. a Spme Pahlavi commentators, notably Daatnr Hoahangji, translate tlie passage rcferriDg to this practice as " walking without boots." They claim that the Pahlavi word ae-muk, "one boot " is a. mistake for avlmuk, "without boots," SeeE, W. West, Pahlavi Texts, SBE. 6.288.n,5, » Cf. also Dk. 9.9.1, • WITCHCRAFT IN ZOROASTRIAN LITERATUR-:: 439 Superstitious in origin is also the sacred tradition, adhered to by every believer of Mazdayasn...ism , of wearing the sacred girdle and the shirt, the visible tokens of one's allegiance to the teachings of Zarathushtra. The sacred girdle, Kusti, is a hollow cylindrical string, the warp of which consists of 72 threads and the weft of one unbroken thread, and it should encircle the body three times. The shirt, Sudrah or Sadard, is a muslin tunic with short sleeves that does not reach lower than the hips, with a small pocket at the opening in front of the shirt, the so-called girihdn or hissal karfa, " the pocket for good deeds".' According to tradition, any one who transgresses the law of wearing these two garments, commits a sin known as the sin of vishdd-dilbdrishnih, "the walking about uncovered ".
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