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If a man rise up with a weapon in his hand, it is an Agerepta. If he
brandish it, it is an Avaoirista. If he actually smite a man with
malicious aforethought, it is an Aredus. Upon the fifth Aredus he
becomes a Peshotanu.
O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! He that committeth an
Agerepta, what penalty shall he pay?
Ahura Mazda answered:--
"Five stripes with the Aspahe-astra, five stripes with the
Sraosho-karana; on the second Agerepta, ten stripes with the
Aspahe-astra, ten stripes with the Sraosho-karana; on the third, fifteen
stripes with the Aspahe-astra, fifteen stripes with the Sraosho-karana;
on the fourth, thirty stripes with the Aspahe-astra, thirty stripes with
the Sraosho-karana; on the fifth, fifty stripes with the Aspahe-astra,
fifty stripes with the Sraosho-karana; on the sixth, sixty stripes with
the Aspahe-astra, sixty stripes with the Sraosho-karana; on the seventh,
ninety stripes with the Aspahe-astra, ninety stripes with the
Sraosho-karana."
If a man commit an Agerepta for the eighth time, without having atoned
for the preceding, what penalty shall he pay?
Ahura Mazda answered:--
"He is a Peshotanu: two hundred stripes with the Aspahe-astra, two
hundred stripes with the Sraosho-karana."
If a man commit an Agerepta, and refuse to atone for it, what penalty
shall he pay?
Ahura Mazda answered:--
"He is a Peshotanu: two hundred stripes with the Aspahe-astra, two
hundred stripes with the Sraosho-karana.
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