Yasht
Americannoun
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a hymn to a deity.
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Yashts, hymns to various deities, forming part of the Avesta.
Etymology
Origin of Yasht
From the Avestan word yashtay
Example Sentences
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See Yasht V, XXI, 94: What "becomes of the libations which the wicked bring to you after sunset?"
From The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism by Franz Cumont
The goddess Anahita, first mentioned in an inscription of Artaxerxes II, and described only in the late Fifth Yasht, appears to have been originally a deity of water.
From Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV by Morris Jastrow
The following is an account of one of the latest, the so-called Ormuzd Yasht: 'Zarathustra asked Ahuramazda after the most effectual spell to guard against the influence of evil spirits.
From Chips From A German Workshop - Volume I Essays on the Science of Religion by F. Max (Friedrich Max) Müller
"Mihr Yasht," 127, where the boar is not Verethraghna but the "curse of the sage."
From The History of Antiquity Vol. V. by Max Duncker
The second illustrative extract will be taken from Yasht 19, which magnifies in glowing strains the praises of the Kingly Glory.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 3 by Hamilton Wright Mabie
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