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178 LIFELESS ANIMAL IS TERMED “NASU” IN THE VENDIDAD.
(xx) Yacna 36 § 4 – We desire happiness and fodder for the
Major Haftan Yasht § 1 cattle through charity and best actions.
(xxi) Fravardin Yasht § 52 -May there be an increase of cattle and men in this
house (where we the Fravashi are invoked.)
Vendidad Fargard 18 § 17 -May there be an increase of cattle and men
Atash Nyaesh § 10 unto you (who invoke me i.e. the fire.)
(xxiii) Mah Nyaesh § 10-0 ye full-gloried angels! O ye health-giving angels!
Give courage and victory unto me; grant increase of cattle unto me.
(xxiv) Meher Yasht § 28 – The angel Meher bestows increased cattle and men
into that abode where he is propagated.
2. Druj-i-Nasu i.e., evil magnetic influence accompanying a.
corpse or a carcass; flesh blood, pus etc. when dissociated from vitality
fall under the influence of Druj-i-Nasu i.e. Demon of Putrefaction or
Druj-i-Hikhar i.e. Demon of disintegration; the carcass or dead body of
an animal from which the vital principle has gone out is verily termed
Nasu in the Vendidad, and seclusion from such Nasu is strictly
enjoined.
Vendidad Fargard 7 § 26 – Those who produce Nasu are wicked and
demoniac, for they destroy cattle and lengthen the deep-snowed, cruel,
injurious, winter.
This subject is very well known to the students of Zoroastrian
religion, and the Vendidad is so teeming with references to Nasu that it
would be superfluous here to quote a long list.
3. The vegetable kingdom is the source of natural food for man.
(i) Gatha 34 § 11 – Khordad and Amerdad will both serve thee for food.
(ii) Jamyad Yasht § 96 – Khordad, the intelligence presiding over water
will quench thirst, and Amerdad presiding over vegetation will appease
hunger.