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Encyclopedia of Religion entry forBarashnom of Nine NightsA Parsee ceremony of purification, practised mostly by priests and lasting nine nights. The ceremony is described in the Vendidad (Fargard ix.). " The person who has to undergo the ceremony must drink the urine of a cow, sit on stones within the compass of certain magic circles, and while moving from one heap of stones to another he must rub his body with cow‘s urine, then with sand, and lastly wash it with water. This custom has descended from the most ancient times, when a purifying and healing influence was ascribed to the urine proceeding from so sacred an animal as the cow was to the ancient Aryans " (Haug). See Martin Haug. citations: Encyc. of Rel., Canney
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