Yasna

[ yuhs-nuh ]

noun

, Zoroastrianism.

1. a part of the Avesta including the Gathas and other liturgical texts.

Other Words From

• Yas·ni·an [yuhs, -nee-, uh, n], adjective

Example Sentences

Yasna (sacrifice, worship), the chief liturgical work of the sacred canon.

From Project Gutenberg

The Yasna comprises seventy-two chapters; these fall into three nearly equal parts.

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The meaning of the word yasna as above gives at once some conception of the nature of the texts.

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The greater part of the Yasna book is of a liturgic or ritualistic nature, and need not here be further described.

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The second part, or Younger Yasna, is of a much later date and less lofty tone.

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