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'''{{Style S-Small capitals|Yasna}}'''. 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 ”.) | '''{{Style S-Small capitals|Yasna}}'''. 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 ”.) | ||
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Revision as of 10:56, 8 October 2026
H. P. Blavatsky
Yasna. 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 ”.)
Source: H. P. Blavatsky, The Theosophical Glossary, art. Yasna