Yasht
[ yasht, yuhsht ]
/ yæʃt, yʌʃt /
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noun Zoroastrianism.
a hymn to a deity.
Yashts, hymns to various deities, forming part of the Avesta.
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Origin of Yasht
From the Avestan word yashtay
Words nearby Yasht
yarraman, yarran, Yarra River, yarrow, yashmak, Yasht, Yasmin, Yasna, Yastrzemski, yataghan, ya-ta-ta
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How to use Yasht in a sentence
Yasht, ysht, n. in the Zend-Avesta, one of a collection of hymns and prayers.
The second illustrative extract will be taken from Yasht 19, which magnifies in glowing strains the praises of the Kingly Glory.
Cf. "Mihr Yasht," 127, where the boar is not Verethraghna but the "curse of the sage."
The History of Antiquity|Max Duncker