- tradition—also
nominally called yashts.
These "hidden"
Yashts are: the
Barsom Yasht (Yasna 2),
another Hom
Yasht in
Yasna 9–11, the
Bhagan Yasht of
Yasna 19–21, a hymn...
-
extended Yasna are from the
Yashts,
which are
hymns to the
individual yazatas.
Unlike the Yasna,
Visperad and Vendidad, the
Yashts and the
other lesser texts...
- the so
called legendary Yashts,
namely the Aban
Yasht, the
Drvasp Yasht, the Ram
Yasht, the Den
Yasht, and the
Zamyad Yasht. They are
called legendary...
- the
Yashts (Avestan: yašt, 'prayer, honor')
contain additional information. Of
particular interest here are the Mihr
Yasht, the
Farvardin Yasht, and...
- in the
Vendidad and
several of the
Yashts. In the
Yashts,
Airyanem Vaejah is most
prominently named in the Aban
Yasht as the
place where both
Ahura Mazda...
- pantheons." The
Avestan Hymn to
Mithra (
Yasht 10) is the longest, and one of the best-preserved, of the
Yashts.
Mithra is
described in the Zoroastrian...
- of
several generations. The work is also
known as the
Bahman Yasht and Zand-i
wahman yasht.
These titles are
scholastic mistakes, in the
former case due...
-
sight of Mithra's mace (
Yasht 10.97, 10.134). In
Yasht 13, the
Fravashis defuse Angra Mainyu's
plans to dry up the earth, and in
Yasht 8.44
Angra Mainyu battles...
- he is said to have
defeated demons (daēvas). In the old
Yashts,
particularly in the Aban
Yasht,
Hushang is
depicted as a
great king who made sacrifices...
- the
divinity is
Yasht 11,
which is a
direct invocation of
Sraosha and
bears his name in the title.
Yasht 11 - like the
other direct Yashts also - is not...
