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|description=The third portion of the first of the two parts of the Avesta, the Scripture of the Zoroastrian Parsis. The Yasna is composed of litanies of the same kind as the'' Vispêrad ''(the second portion) and of five hymns or ''gâthas.'' These ''gâthas'' are the oldest fragments of Zoroastrian literature known to the Parsis, for they are written “in a special dialect, older than the general language of the ''Avesta''” (Darmesteter). (See “ Zend ”.) {{ctd-source|TG}}. | |description=The third portion of the first of the two parts of the Avesta, the Scripture of the Zoroastrian Parsis. The Yasna is composed of litanies of the same kind as the'' Vispêrad ''(the second portion) and of five hymns or ''gâthas.'' These ''gâthas'' are the oldest fragments of Zoroastrian literature known to the Parsis, for they are written “in a special dialect, older than the general language of the ''Avesta''” (Darmesteter). (See “ Zend ”.) {{ctd-source|TG}}. | ||
|quotes=H. P. Blavatsky | |||
The bibliography refers to L. H. Mills’s translation in The Zend-Avesta, part III, Sacred Books of the East XXXI. {{ctd-source|BCW|2|550}}. | |||
|quotes=H. P. Blavatsky; Zirkoff, Boris | |||
|ctd rus=Ясна | |||
|categories=Zoroastrianism | |||
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