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33 reading sections matched “Ashem Vohu”

The Opening Yasna

while I bless it, and I pray for the repression and shame of the entire existence of the wicked. 9 Ashem Vohu ... . Propitiation to Haoma who brings righteousness (to us) for sacrifice, homage, propitiation, and for praise. (The Zaotar?) As the Ahu to be (rev

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The Closing Yasna

, of my deeds, and of my heart: I give unto you even my own life. I recite the 'Praise of Holiness:'Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good. Well is it for it, well is it for that holiness which is perfection of holiness!' I confess myself a worshipper of

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Ohrmazd Yasht

orious; to increase the faithful men; to increase all the holy creatures of the beneficent Spirit. 'Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good....

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Haft Amahraspand Yasht

was carried away as a prisoner, from the hands of the [ungodly], who are destroyed by his strength. Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good....

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Ardwahisht Yasht

desired Airyaman, made by Mazda; and of the good Saoka, with eyes of love, made by Mazda and holy. 'Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good.... '[Give] unto that man brightness and glory, give him health of body; .... give him the bright, all-happy, bliss

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Hordad Yasht

Haurvatat, the master; of the prosperity of the seasons and of the years, the masters of holiness. 'Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good.... '[Give] unto that man brightness and glory, .... give him the bright, all happy, blissful abode of the holy One

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Ardui Sur Bano Yasht

Ardui Sur Bano Yasht (chapter 5) 0 May Ahura Mazda be rejoiced!.... Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good.... I confess myself a worshipper of Mazda, a follower of Zarathushtra, one who hates the Daevas and obeys the laws of Ahura; For sacrifice, praye

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Khorshed Yasht

Mah Yasht (chapter 7) Chapter 7 0 May Ahura Mazda be rejoiced!.... Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good.... I confess myself a worshipper of Mazda, a follower of Zarathushtra, one who hates the Daevas and obeys the laws of Ahura; For sacrifice,prayer

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Mah Yasht

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Tishtar Yasht

Tishtar Yasht (chapter 8) 0 May Ahura Mazda be rejoiced!.... Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good.... I confess myself a worshipper of Mazda, a follower of Zarathushtra, one who hates the Daevas and obeys the laws of Ahura; For sacrifice, prayer, prop

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Drvasp Yasht

sacrifice and prayer, and the strength and vigour of the powerful Drvaspa, made by Mazda and holy. Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good.... [Give] unto that man brightness and glory, give him health of body,.... give him the bright, allhappy, blissful

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Mihr Yasht

Mihr Yasht (chapter 10) 0 May Ahura Mazda be rejoiced!.... Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good.... I confess myself a worshipper of Mazda, a follower of Zarathushtra, one who hates the Daevas, and obeys the laws of Ahura; For sacrifice, prayer, propi

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Srosh Yasht Hadokht

bright, all-happy, blissful abode of the holy Ones! Chapter 12 0 May Ahura Mazda be rejoiced!.... Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good.... I confess myself a worshipper of Mazda, a follower of Zarathushtra, one who hates the Daevas and obeys the laws

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Rashn Yasht

world grow, who makes the world increase; and of the true-spoken speech that makes the world grow. 'Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good.... '[Give] unto that man brightness and glory, give him health of body, .... give him the bright, all-happy, bliss

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Frawardin Yasht

he faithful; of the Fravashis of the men of the primitive law; of the Fravashis of the next-of-kin. Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good.... [Give] unto that man brightness and glory, .... give him the bright, all-happy, blissful abode of the holy Ones

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Warharan Yasht

Warharan Yasht (chapter 14) 0 May Ahura Mazda be rejoiced!.... Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good.... I confess myself a worshipper of Mazda, a follower of Zarathushtra, one who hates the Daevas and obeys the laws of Ahura; For sacrifice, prayer, pr

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Ram Yasht

Ram Yasht (chapter 15) 0 May Ahura Mazda be rejoiced!.... Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good.... I confess myself a worshipper of Mazda, a follower of Zarathushtra, one who hates the Daevas, and obeys the laws of Ahura; For sacrifice, prayer, propit

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Den Yasht

Den Yasht (chapter 16) 0 May Ahura Mazda be rejoiced!.... Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good.... I confess myself a worshipper of Mazda, a follower of Zarathushtra, one who hates the Daevas and obeys the laws of Ahura; For sacrifice, prayer, propiti

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Ard Yasht

the good Chisti41; of the good Erethe; of the good Rasastat; of the Glory and Weal, made by Mazda. Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good.... [Give] unto that man brightness and glory, give him health of body, .... give him the bright, allhappy, blissfu

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Ashtad Yasht

Hail to the Glory of the Aryas! 'Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness.... 'Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good.... 8 'We worship the Ahuna Vairya. 'We worship Asha-Vahishta, the fairest Amesha-Spenta. 'We worship the rightly-

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Vanant Yasht

ss; of the kingly Glory, made by Mazda; of the Glory that cannot be forcibly seized, made by Mazda. Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good .... [Give] unto that man brightness and glory, .... give him the bright, all-happy, blissful abode of the holy One

Open reading →Vendidad · FARGARD 9. The Nine Nights’ Barashnum.

FARGARD 9. The Nine Nights’ Barashnum.

they must be drawn with recitation of spells. While drawing the furrows the cleanser recites three Ashem vohus (“holiness is the best of all good,” etc.), the Fravarānē (“I declare myself a worshipper of Mazda, a follower or Zarathushtra, a foe of the

Open reading →Vendidad · FARGARD 10. Formulas recited during the process of cleansing

FARGARD 10. Formulas recited during the process of cleansing

ese are the words in the Gathas that are to be said thrice, and thou shalt thrice say them aloud:- ashem vohu ... (Y27.14), ye sevisto ... paitī (Y33.11), hukhshathrotemai ... vahistai (Y35.5), duzvarenais ... vahyo (Y53.9). 9. ‘After thou hast thrice sai

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FARGARD 18.

ifts up his voice against the mighty Ushah: 24. ‘“Arise, O men! recite the Ashem yad vahistem [Ashem Vohu] and the Naismi daevo.713 Lo! here is Bushyasta, the long-handed, coming upon you, who lulls to sleep again the whole living world as soon as it has

Open reading →Vendidad · FARGARD 19.

FARGARD 19.

high-growing, and mighty, say thou these words: “Hail to thee! O good, holy tree, made by Mazda! Ashem vohu!” 779 19. ‘[The priest] shall cut off a twig of Baresma, long as an aesha, thick as a yava.780 The faithful one, holding it in his left hand, sh

Open reading →Khordeh Avesta · PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION

PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION

LANTS..........................................................................89 BĀZ OF RECITING ASHEM VOHU 1200.................................................90 YAZISHN HĀ XX known as FRĀMRAOT.................................................91 BĀZ OF

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ASHEM VOHŪ

ferences written in Avesta itself about the amount of meritorious deeds acquired by that reciter of Ashem Vohu Prayer on various occasions sincerely and with proper understanding is found in the first fargard-chapter of the Hādhokht Nask.c It is mentioned in

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