NAMES OF 12 YAZATAS OF HAMĀYASHT

7. Asfandārmad Ameshaspānd. 8. Govad yazad. 9. Khordād Ameshaspānd. 10. Amardād Ameshaspānd. 11. Srosh yazad. 12. Farrokh Farvardin.

NAMES OF 21 NASKS.

1. Satudgar 2. Vahishta Mānsar 3. Bagh 4. Dāmdād or Dvāzdah Hamāst 5. Nādur 6. Pājeh or Pājam 7. Ratoshtāi 8. Barash 9. Kashasrub 10. Vishtāspashāh or Vishtāsp. 11. Khesht 12. Jerasht 13. Safand 14. Baghān yasht 15. Niyāram 16. Dvāsrujad or dvāsraub 17. Aspāram 18. Askāram 19. Jud-dev-dād 20. Hādokht 21. Satud yasht

The 21 Nasks mentioned above were written in Avesta language, and besides all the Avestan texts of the Religion and all the Commandments and Laws of the Religion concerning this world, the spiritual world, Behest (Paradise), Dozakh (Hell), instructions about Justice, Ethics, Philosophy, Medicine, Astrology and all other kinds of sciences have been incorporated in them.

For those who can neither read nor recite by heart the Avesta, it is enjoined in the Persian Rivayets to recite Yatha - Ashem as under:-

Recite Yathā Ahū Vairyō:

• 103 for Khorshed Nyāyesh.

• 65 for Meher Nyāyesh.

• 65 for Māh Bokhtār Nyāyesh.

• 65 for Ardvi Sura Nyāyesh.

• 65 for Ātash Nyāyesh

• 121 and Ashem Vohū 12 for Patet.

• 103 and Ashem Vohū 12 for Hormazd yasht

• 65 for Ardibehesht yasht.

• 75 for Srosh Yasht Hādokht.

• 103 for Srosh Yasht Large.

• 121 and Ashem Vohū 12 for Āfringān.