- A
Yasht (Middle Persian: 𐭩𐭱𐭲, yšt') is a hymn of
praise composed in the
Young Avestan language,
specifically used for the
collection of 21
Yashts dedicated...
- The
Bagan yasht was,
according to the Denkard, the
fourteenth nask (volume) of the
Sasanian Avesta. The work
itself is lost, but
based on
later references...
-
Avestan portion of the text, in
particular in the
Vendidad and
several of the
Yashts. The
identification of
these Avestan place names with real
locations is...
- The rare
dvandvah expression Zam-Armaiti
occurs in
Yasht 1.16, 16.6 and 42.3. The
Zamyad Yasht, the Avesta's hymn
nominally devoted to Zam, has little...
-
extended Yasna are from the
Yashts,
which are
hymns to the
individual yazatas.
Unlike the Yasna,
Visperad and Vendidad, the
Yashts and the
other lesser texts...
-
figure of Good Fortune, and many of the
verses of the Aban
Yasht also
appear in
Yasht 17 (Ard
Yasht),
which is
dedicated to Ashi. So also a
description of...
-
sight of Mithra's mace (
Yasht 10.97, 10.134). In
Yasht 13, the
Fravashis defuse Angra Mainyu's
plans to dry up the earth, and in
Yasht 8.44
Angra Mainyu battles...
- Cultures. McFarland. p. 335. ISBN 978-0786488940. Zamyād
Yasht,
Yasht 19 of the
Younger Avesta (
Yasht 19.19).
Translated by
Helmut Humbach,
Pallan Ichaporia...
-
opposition also
reflects Aeshma's
position as
messenger of
Angra Mainyu (
Yasht 19.46), for in the
hierarchy of divinities, Asha is the
messenger of Spenta...
-
Chaldean /
Babylonian Nergal,
Egyptian Horus, ****enic Ares and Heracles.
Yasht 14, the hymn of
praise to Verethragna, "though ill-preserved,
contains what...
