Yasht
Sign in to saveYasht (, ) is a Middle Persian term for sacrifice or worhship. The term commonly applies to the collection of 21 Yashts, although it may also refer to other texts within the wider Avesta collection.
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- Zoroastrianism
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- Avestan
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- First page of the Yasht collections in Geldner's edition
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- In Zoroastrian literature
- The 21 hymns of the Yasht collection
- Yashts in the wider Avesta
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Yasht (, ) is a Middle Persian term for sacrifice or worhship. The term commonly applies to the collection of 21 Yashts, although it may also refer to other texts within the wider Avesta collection.
==Name== The English word yasht is derived from Middle Persian 𐭩𐭱𐭲 (, "prayer, worship"). It probably originated from Avestan 𐬫𐬀𐬱𐬙𐬀 (, "honored") from 𐬫𐬀𐬰 (, "to worship, honor") and may ultimately go back to Proto-Indo-European *yeh₂ǵ- or *Hyaǵ-. Avestan 𐬫𐬀𐬱𐬙𐬀 is also the origin of two other terms. First, Avestan 𐬫𐬀𐬯𐬥𐬀 (, act of worship), which is a general Zoroastrian term for an act of worship or specifically the Yasna ritual, and, second, Avestan 𐬫𐬀𐬰𐬀𐬙𐬀 (, (being) worthy of worship), which is a general Zoroastrian term for divinity. ==In Zoroastrian literature== In the Middle Persian Zoroastrian literature, yasht is a general term for sacrifice or worhship. It is used interchangeably with yasn, the Middle Persian version of Avestan yasna. Next to the Yashts (see below), the term is also used, for example for the Yasht i Visperad, the Dron Yasht or the Vishtasp Yasht. In addition, it appears in general terms like yasht-i keh (lesser ceremony) or yasht-i meh (greater ceremony).