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Ahunavaiti Gatha

The call to wisdom, the drama of choice, and the work of Asha.

Yasna Haptanghaiti

Old Avestan prose preserved beside the Gathas.

Ushtavaiti Gatha

Radiant happiness, teaching, courage, and fidelity to truth.

Spenta Mainyu Gatha

The beneficent spirit, right action, and the renewal of life.

Vohu Khshathra Gatha

Good dominion, responsibility, and the social order of Asha.

Vahishtoishti Gatha

The best-loved choice, community, and the closing Gathic counsel.

The Opening Yasna

e thoughts well thought, and the words well spoken, and the deeds well done, and the recital of the Gathas as they are heard. And I desire to approach the well-said Mathras with my praise, and this (higher) lordship with this sanctity, and this exact regulatio

Yasna Haptanghaiti

Old Avestan prose preserved beside the Gathas.

The Closing Yasna

g malice, the greatest of the sentences of the holy ritual order. And we sacrifice to the bounteous Gathas that rule supreme in the ritual, the holy (and august). And we sacrifice to the Praises of the Yasna which were the productions of the world of old. Cha

Ardui Sur Bano Yasht

man fever-sick, no liar, no coward, no jealous one, no woman, no faithful one who does not sing the Gathas, no leper to be confined.

Tishtar Yasht

our. 59 'Let not a murderer take of these offerings, nor a whore, nor a .... who does not sing the Gathas, who spreads death in the world and withstands the law of Mazda, the law of Zarathushtra. 60 'If a murderer take of these offerings, or a whore, or a ..

Warharan Yasht

ur. 51 'Let not a murderer take of those offerings, nor a whore, nor a ...., who does not sing the Gathas, who spreads death in the world and withstands the law of Mazda, the law of Zarathushtra. 52 'If a murderer take of those offerings, or a whore, or a ..

VISPERAD 11.

yers), and the recollection and practice of the good Mazdayasnian law, and the heard recital of the Gathas, the well-timed prayer for blessings as it comes uttered by the saint (and for our help), and ruling (while it is spoken) as a ritual lord, and these woo

FARGARD 5. Purity Laws.

soul, crying and beaten off, is driven far away from Paradise’ (Comm.) This is imitated from the Gathas (Yasna 46.11c; 51.13b; cf. Vd13.8-9). 210 For defiling the earth and the water: ‘If a man wants to irrigate a field, he must first look after the wate

FARGARD 9. The Nine Nights’ Barashnum.

who from the dead defiles the living?’ 46. Ahura Mazda answered: ‘Say aloud those words in the Gathas that are to be said twice.489 ‘Say aloud those words in the Gathas that are to be said thrice. ‘Say aloud those words in the Gathas that are to be

FARGARD 10. Formulas recited during the process of cleansing

riests recite the Ahunavaiti Gatha (Yasna 28-34): it is the so-called Gāh sārnā (chanting of the Gathas: gāthāo srāvayēiti). From the following Fargard it appears that formerly all the five Gathas and the Yasna Haptanghaiti were recited. Certain stanzas

FARGARD 11. Special formulas for cleansing several objects

the plants, the man defiled with the dead. Each incantation consists of two parts, a line from the Gathas which alludes, or rather is made to allude, to the particular object (§§ 4, 5, 6, 7), and a general exorcism, in the usual dialect (§§ 8- 20), which

FARGARD 12. The Upaman, how long it lasts for different relatives

You shall wash your bodies three times, you shall wash your clothes three times you shall chant the Gathas three times; you shall offer up a sacrifice to my Fire, you shall bind the bundles of Baresma, you shall bring libations to the good waters;542 then the

FARGARD 18.

wearing the sacred girdle,698 without chanting the Gathas, without worshipping the Good Waters. 10. ‘And he who should set that man at liberty, when bound in prison,699 does no better deed than if he should cut a man’s head off his neck.700 11. ‘For th

FARGARD 19.

38. ‘I invoke the holy, beneficent Gathas,819 who rule over the Ratus:820 ‘I invoke the Ahunavaiti Gatha; ‘I invoke the Ustavaiti Gatha; ‘I invoke the Spentamainyush Gatha; ‘I invoke the Vohukhshathra Gatha; ‘I invoke the Vahishtoishti Gatha.

PREFACE TO THE ENGLISH EDITION OF THE KHORDEH AVESTA-BĀ-MĀYENI

ent editions contain a varying number of Yashts. For the convenience of the devotees, even the Five Gathas of the Holy Prophet Zarathushtra, which form a part of the Yasna section, are included in some of the editions of the Khordeh Avesta. Zoroastrians recit

PREFACE TO THE FIFTH EDITION

from it useful matters and inserted it in this work in the shape of footnotes. The passages of the Gathas, occurring in the Khordeh Avesta, have been reproduced in the form of verse. Besides, many other matters which can suitably find a place in a work of thi

PREFACE TO THE FOURTH EDITION

from it useful matters and inserted it in this work in the shape of footnotes. The passages of the Gathas, occurring in the Khordeh Avesta, have been reproduced in the form of verse. Besides, many other matters which can suitably find a place in a work of thi

PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION

KAVASJI EDULJI KANGA Translator of the Vendidad, the Yasna, and the Vispered, the Yashts and the Gathas; Author of A Practical Avesta Grammar and of A Complete Dictionary of the Avesta Language (both Avesta into English and English into Avesta). Fellow of

JASA ME AVANGHE MAZDA

ood of later period of Avesta. In the ancient period of the Avesta, i.e. during the period when the Gathas were composed, Hormazd has been regarded as the Creator of the entire world and its destroyer. He has no rival, but under His sovereignty Spenā mino and

ARDVI SURA NYĀYESH

HĀVAN GĀH

uppermost23 (beginning), the middle25 (and) the concluding (portion) on the Holy Spell29 of Five31 Gathas32 for invoking help,28 (i.e. the Prayer named Airyamana is the best amongst the Holy Spell of five Gathas). (6) Mithremcha1 vouru-gaoyaoitīm2 yazamaide

BĀZ OF RECITING YATHĀ AHU VAIRYO 1200

azd6, the keeper of treasures7, glorious8, of the Bountiful Immortals9, (amongst) the beneficent” Gathas10 which are the liLords12 of truthfulness12 (and) holy13, of the Gatha Ahunavad14, the Gatha Ushtavad15, the Gatha Spentomad16, the Gatha Vohukhshathra17

NAMES OF THE DAYS AND MONTHS

Ameshāspand Explanation Regarding Five days of Gatha-Gāhāmbār (Note: The under mentioned five Gathas come at the end of Asfandārmad ln For its detailed description, see my Yasht Bā Māeni, Yasht 22, Hadokht Nask, fargard third, paras 19-36. lo This e

HORMAZD YASHT

suggestion of Dr. Roth (as communicated by Darmesteter) reference to Hameshtagehān is found in the Gathas (in Yasna Hā 33.1), see my Gāthā Bā Māeni, yazishn Hā 33, Stanza 1 and its explanation. The original meaning of Hameshtagehān, which is called in

HAFTAN YASHT LARGE

lled “Yasna Haptanghāiti”; and it is believed that this part is written between the age of the Gathas and the yasna. Its composition is poetic prose. The meaning of “haptanghāiti” is seven Hās ( haptan + hāiti). Hā 42 seems to have been added as a

SROSH YASHT VADI

) the righteous2 (who is) the Lord8 of righteousness7. (8) Who10 first11 chanted aloud13 the five15 Gathas12 of (the Lord) Holy17 Spitaman16 Zarathushtra18, together with the verses19, strophes properly arranged20, with commentaries21 and aajcatechism22, for t

FARVARDIN YASHT

intensely smote the exceedingly wicked heretics29 (possessed of these evil traits), desecrating the Gathas30, impious32, having no master33, having no religious leader34, ajh Son of Zarir, the brother of King Vishtāspa; according to Shāh-Nāmeh Nastur; the

BEHERAM YASHT

r96 (let) the courtesan97 (hold it in hand) or the violator of righteousness99, one who recites the Gathas without chanting100, the destroyer of the world1 (or) the opponent2 of this3 religion4 which5 is of Ahura Mazda6 revealed by Zarathushtra7 (i.e. the ene

HOM YASHT LARGE

ta) came to4 (the Prophet) Zarathushtra7 (who was) purifying9 asbthe fire8 and (was) chanting11 the Gathas10. (The Prophet) Zarathushtra14 asked13 him12: O man!16 Who15 art thou17? Whom18 do I19 see24, the most excellent23 (and) beautiful27 and of immortal28