Persia past and present; a book of travel and research, with more than two hundred illustrations and a map . Two Pictures of Khodaeakhsh Bahram Rais(The Kalautars youug sou in the baokgr».iund). Parsi Women and Girls(1 anil •!, English; :! and i, Armenian) THE BARASHNVM GAR AT YEZD 383 wise the natal impurity contracted by being in the womb andsucking at the mothers breast will not be removed.^ When I visited the Barashnum Gah at Yezd, which is locatedwithin easy walking-distance of the fire-temple I found a prim-itive mud-walled structure, circular in form and differinggreatly from the somewh
Persia past and present; a book of travel and research, with more than two hundred illustrations and a map . Two Pictures of Khodaeakhsh Bahram Rais(The Kalautars youug sou in the baokgr».iund). Parsi Women and Girls(1 anil •!, English; :! and i, Armenian) THE BARASHNVM GAR AT YEZD 383 wise the natal impurity contracted by being in the womb andsucking at the mothers breast will not be removed.^ When I visited the Barashnum Gah at Yezd, which is locatedwithin easy walking-distance of the fire-temple I found a prim-itive mud-walled structure, circular in form and differinggreatly from the somewhat elaborate rectangular enclosureI had seen at Udvada in India. There were a few heaps ofstones placed at certain intervals around the edge of thecircuit, intended to serve as standing-places for the personundergoing this purification, since, according to the Vendidad,he must move from spot to spot within lines specially drawnin the sand and be sprinkled by the priest with the drops ofbulls urine and water. The liquid is poured from a ladlefastened to the end of a stick nine knots long, or long enoughto allow the officiating priest to stand outside the circles thathave been drawn. I o
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