yazata
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of yazata
< Avestan: being worthy of veneration, god
Example Sentences
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Why the names Bagha and Yazata became used in the Avesta for the good gods, while the evil spirits received the name of Daevas we cannot discover; nor can we decide whether this change of name came in with the reform.
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Yazata a personified object of prayer, 613-l.
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The Word is said in the Yashna to have existed before all, and to be itself a Yazata, a personified object of prayer.
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