Visperad
Sign in to saveThe Visperad () is one of the texts in the Avesta collection. Its 24 chapters do not have any internal unity, but are only used within the Yasht i Visperad liturgy, where they are individually inserted into the text of the Yasna.
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- Zoroastrianism
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- Geldner Visperad page 1.png
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- Avestan
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- First page of the Visperad in Geldner's edition
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- 24 Kardes
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- Visperad liturgy
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The Visperad () is one of the texts in the Avesta collection. Its 24 chapters do not have any internal unity, but are only used within the Yasht i Visperad liturgy, where they are individually inserted into the text of the Yasna.
==Name== The name of the text is based on Middle Persian wysplt', itself derived from Avestan vispe ratavo. It has been variously transliterated by scholars as Visperad, Vispered, Vispéred or Wisperad. The term itself has an ambiguous meaning. Subject to how ratu is translated, vispe ratavo may be translated as "(prayer to) all patrons", "all masters", or, the older and today less common, "all chiefs." or "all lords."