Yasna

[ yuhs-nuh ]

/ ˈyʌs nə /

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noun Zoroastrianism.

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

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OTHER WORDS FROM Yasna

Yas·ni·an

[yuhs-nee-uhn], /ˈyʌs ni ən/, adjective

Words nearby Yasna

Yarra River, yarrow, yashmak, Yasht, Yasmin, Yasna, Yastrzemski, yataghan, ya-ta-ta, yate, Yathrib

How to use Yasna in a sentence

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