Khordeh Avesta
The 'Little Avesta' — short prayers (Āfrīnagāns, Gāhs, Niyāyishes) said by laity at the five times of day and at the six seasonal festivals (Gāhanbārs). Mills's translation (Sacred Books of the East vol. 31, 1887).
Source context· Persian stream · Ancient Persian cultural impulse
- Stream
- Persian
- Cultural impulse
- Ancient Persian (2nd post-Atlantean cultural age)
- Composed
- c. 550 BCE
- Written down
- Greco-Latin (4th post-Atlantean cultural age) manuscript epoch
- 1Khordeh Avesta
Daily Zoroastrian liturgical prayers, hymns, and devotional texts for lay practice
6,429 words
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