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13 reading sections matched “Yima”
The Gathas · Yasna 28-34

Ahunavaiti Gatha

tal — sins the issue of which, O Ahura Mazda, Thou knowest best. 8 Among these sinners, we know, Yima was included, Vivanghen's son, who desiring to satisfy men gave our people flesh of the ox to eat. From these shall I be separated by Thee, O Mazda, at las

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Yasna · Yasna 1-27

The Opening Yasna

te world. This award4 was offered him; this gain did he acquire, that to him was born a son who was Yima, called the brilliant, (he of the many flocks, the most glorious of those yet born, the sunlike-one of men), that he made from his authority both herds and

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Yasna · Yasna 28-34

Ahunavaiti Gatha

tal — sins the issue of which, O Ahura Mazda, Thou knowest best. 8 Among these sinners, we know, Yima was included, Vivanghen's son, who desiring to satisfy men gave our people flesh of the ox to eat. From these shall I be separated by Thee, O Mazda, at las

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Yashts · Yasht 5

Ardui Sur Bano Yasht

sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring of mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita.... 25 'To her did Yima Khshaeta, the good shepherd, offer up a sacrifice from the height Hukairya, with a hundred male horses, a thousand oxen, ten thousand lambs. 26 'He begged

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Yashts · Yasht 9

Drvasp Yasht

e flocks in health.... Who yokes teams of horses .... for assistance to the faithful. 8 To her did Yima Khshaeta, the good shepherd, offer up a sacrifice from the height Hukairya, with a hundred male horses, a thousand oxen, ten thousand lambs, and with an of

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Yashts · Yasht 13

Frawardin Yasht

-footed brood, to withstand the evil done by the faithful. 130 We worship the Fravashi of the holy Yima, the son of Vivanghant; the valiant Yima, who had flocks at his wish; to stand against the oppression caused by the Daevas, against the drought that destro

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Yashts · Yasht 15

Ram Yasht

ides them..... To this Vayu do we sacrifice, this Vayu do we invoke.... 15 Unto him did the bright Yima, the good shepherd, sacrifice from the height Hukairya, the all-shining and golden, on a golden throne, under golden beams and a golden canopy, with bundle

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Yashts · Yasht 17

Ard Yasht

rifice.... 27 We sacrifice to Ashi Vanguhi, who is shining, high .... and powerful. 28 To her did Yima Khshaeta, the good shepherd, offer up a sacrifice from the height Hukairya. 29 He begged of her a boon, saying: 'Grant me this, O great Ashi Vanguhi! that

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Yashts · Yasht 19

Zam Yasht

Zam Yasht (chapter 19) 31 That clave unto the bright Yima, the good shepherd, for a long time,1 while he ruled over the seven Karshvares of the earth, over the Daevas and men, the Yatus and Pairikas, the oppressors, the blind, and the deaf; 32 He who took fr

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Vendidad · FARGARD 2. Myths of Yima [Jamshed]

FARGARD 2. Myths of Yima [Jamshed]

FARGARD 2. Myths of Yima [Jamshed] Introduction to Fargard 2. Compare this translation with those given in Malandra 1983, pp. 178 ff., and Boyce 1990, pp. 94 ff. For a comparison of the underground enclosure of Yima with the the Indic/Sanskrit Yama as ruler

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Vendidad · FARGARD 19.

FARGARD 19.

ure Chista;825 ‘I invoke the Glory of the Aryan regions;826 ‘I invoke the Glory of the bright Yima, the good shepherd.827 40. ‘Let him be worshipped with sacrifice, let him be gladdened, gratified, and satisfied, the holy Sraosha, the well-formed, vic

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Khordeh Avesta · FARVARDIN YASHT

FARVARDIN YASHT

cked men) (that future Prophet Saoshyant will revive the dead in this world). (Kardāh XXIX) (130) Yimahe1 Vīvanghanahe2 ashaonō3 fravashīm4 yazamaide5 sūrahe6 pouro-vāthwahe7, paitishtātēe8 ainishtōish9 daevōfrakarshtayāo10, haēchanghascha11 avās

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Khordeh Avesta · HOM YASHT LARGE

HOM YASHT LARGE

mareshinta15 pasu vīra16, anghaoshemne17 āpa urvaire18; khvairyān19 khvarethem20 ajyamnem21. (5) Yimahe22 khshathre23 aurvahe24, nōit25 aotem26 āongha27, nōit28 garemem29 nōit30 zaurva31 āongha32, nōit33 merethyush34, nōit35 araskō36 daēvō-dātō3

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