meritorious deeds60). The appealing64 once62 from us63 may be equivalent66 to a thousand-fold65!

(O Holy Creator!) our earnest prayer70 (performed for the sake of sin) may be68 fully69 accepted67 by you! (And) may our apology73 reach72 you in your doorway71!

May our sins be forgiven74! May our meritorious deeds be on the increase75!

101 NAMES

During the yasna ceremony, at the time of continuous sprinkling of water in the utensil by means of the silver ring covered with the hair of the holy White bull, 101 efficacious names of the Holy Lord which are remembered in a whisper or low tone are as follows:-

1. ayfYazad = Worthy of worship. 2. aygHarvesp-tavān = Omnipotent. 3. ayhHarvesp-āgāh = Omniscient. 4. Harvesp-khudā = The Lord of all. 5. Abadah = Without beginning. 6. Abī-anjām = Without end. 7. Bune-stih = The origin of the formation of the world 8. Frākhtan-teh = Broad end of all. 9. Jamaga = Greatest Cause. 10. Parjatarah = More exalted. 11. Tum-afīk = Most innocent. 12. Abarvand = Apart from everyone. 13. Parvandā = Relation with all. 14. An-aiyāfah = Incomprehensible by anyone. 15. Ham-aiyāfah = Comprehensible of all. 16. Ādarō = Most straight, most just. 17. Gīrā = Holding fast all. 18. A-chem = Without reason. 19. Chamanā = Reason of reasons. 20. ayiSafanā = Increaser. 21. Afzā = Causer of increase. (The Lord of Purity) 22. Nāshā = Reaching all equally. 23. ayjParvarā = Nourisher. 24. Iyānah = Protector of the world.

ayf See yasna Hā 16.1 “Mazishtem yazatem”

ayg See Gatha Hā 51.17 “Khshayās”

ayh See Vendidad 19; 20. “Vispō-vidvāo”; Gatha Hā 45.3 “Vīdvāo”; Gatha Hā 46.19 “Vaēdishtō”

ayi See Hormazd yasht para 8 “Dasemō yat ahmi spānō”.

ayj See Hormazd yasht para 13 “Thrāta nāma ahmi”.

101 NAMES

25. Ain-āenah = Not of various kinds. 26. An-ainah = Without form. 27. aykKhroshīd-tum = Firmest. 28. aylMīnō-tum = Most invisible. 29. Vāsnā = Omnipresent. 30. aymHarvastum = All in all. 31. Hu-sepās = Worthy of thanks. 32. Har-hamīd = All good-natured. 33. aynHar-nek-fareh = All good auspicious-glory. 34. ayoBesh-taranā = Remover of affliction. 35. Tarōnīsh = The triumphant 36. An-aoshak = Immortal. 37. Farasak = Fulfiller of wishes. 38. Pajoh-dahad = Creator of good nature. 39. aypKhvāfar = Beneficent. 40. Afakhshīāeā = Bestower of Love. 41. Abarzā = Excessive bringer. 42. A-satoh = Undefeated, undistressed. 43. Rakhoh = Independent, carefree. 44. Varun = Protector from evil. 45. ayqA-farefah = Undeceivable. 46. ayrBe-farefah = Undeceived. 47. A-dui = Unparalleled. 48. aysKāme-rad = Lord of wishes. 49. Farmān-kām = Only Wish is His Command. 50. Āekh-tan = Without body. 51. aytA-faremosh = Unforgetful. 52. ayuHamārnā = Taker of accounts. 53. ayvSanāeā = Recognizable, worth recognition. 54. A-tars = Fearless.

ayk See yasna Hā 1 “Khraozdishtahecha”.

ayl See Hormazd yasht para 12 “Mainyushcha ahmi spentōtemō”. AJso Vispered 2, para 4 “Āyese yeshti yim Ahurem Mazdām mainyaom mainyavanām”.

aym See Hormazd yasht para 7 “Pukhdha vispa vohū Mazdadhāta asha-chitra”.

ayn See Hormazd yasht para 14 “Vīspa-khvāthra nāma ahmi”.

ayo See Hormazd yasht para 14 “Tbaēshō-taurvāo nāma ahmi”.

ayp See Gatha Hā 44, Stanza 5 “Hvāpāo”.

ayq See Hormazd yasht para 14 “Vīdavish nāma ahmi”.

ayr See Hormazd yasht para 14 “Adavish nāma ahmi”.

ays See Hormazd yasht para 13 “Ise-khshathrō nāma ahmi”.

ayt See Gatha Hā 29.4 “Mazdāo sakhāre mairishtō”.

ayu See Hormazd Yasht para 8 “Khshvash-dasa hātamarenish” and Gatha Hā 32.6 “hātāmarāne”.

ayv See Hormazd yasht para 13 “Znāta nāma ahmi”.

55. aywA-Bīsh = Without affliction or torment. 56. Afrāzdum = Most exalted. 57. ayxHam-chun = Always uniform. 58. ayyMīnō-stīh-gar = Creator of the Universe spiritually. 59. A-Mīnō-gar = Creator of much spirituality. 60. Mīnō-nahab = Hidden in the Spirits. 61. Ādar-bād-gar = Air of fire, i.e. transformer into air. 62. Ādar-nam-gar = Water of fire, i.e. transformer into water. 63. Bād-ādar-gar = “Bād”, i.e. transformer of air into fire. 64. Bād-nam-gar = “Bād”, i.e. transformer of air into water. 65. Bād-gel-gar = “Bād”, i.e. transformer of air into earth. 66. Bād-gerad-tum = “Bād”, i.e. transformer of air into Girad”, i.e. gathered. 67. Ādar-kībarīt-tum = Transformer of fire into jewels. 68. Bād-gar-jāe = Doer of “Bād” everywhere. 69. Āb-tum = Creator of most excessive water. 70. Gel-ādar-gar = Transformer of the earth into fire. 71. Gel-vād-gar = Transformer of the earth into air. 72. Gel-nam-gar = Transformer of the earth into water. 73. Gar-gar = The artisan of artisans. 74. Gar-ō-gar = * * *ayz

75. Gar-ā-gar = * * * 76. Gar-ā-gar-gar = * * * 77. A-gar-ā-gar = * * * 78. A-gar-ā-gar-gar = * * * 79. azaA-gumān = Without doubt. 80. A-zamān = Without time. 81. azbA-khuān = Without sleep. 82. Āmasht = Intelligent. 83. azcFshutanā = Eternal protector-increaser. 84. Padmānī = Maintainer of “padmān”, i.e. the golden mean. 85. Fīrozgar = Victorious. 86. Khudāvand = The Lord-Master of the Universe. 87. azdAhur-Mazd = Lord Omniscient. 88. Abarīn-kohun-tavān = Of the most exalted rank in the power of maintaining

ayw See Fravardin yasht para 34 “Atbishtāo” and Gatha Hā 29.3 “A-dvaēshō”. Rām yasht para 47 “tbaeshō-tarō”.

ayx See Gatha Hā 31.7 “nuremchit Ahurā hāmō”.

ayy See Vispered 2 para 4 “Mainyayāo stōish ahūmcha ratūmcha”.

ayz The meanings of 74-78 are not satisfactorily explained on the basis of philology, hence are not given here. These names should be from the word “gar”, which occurs more than once differently, meaning, “workmanship” or the “power of creatorship”. In other books meanings are found in this way: 74 The bestower of wishes; 75 The creator of man; 76 The creator of the entire creation; 77 The creator of four elements 78 The creator of clusters of the stars.

aza See Gatha Hā 31.2 “Adhvāo.”

azb See Vendidad 19, para 20 “Akhvafnō ahi abahghō tūm yō Ahurō Mazdaō”.

azc See Hormazd yasht para 13 “fshumāo nāma ahmi”.

azd See Hormazd yasht para 1 “Peresat Zarathushtrō Ahurem Mazdām, Ahura Mazda”.