1352, whereas the oldest manuscripts containing all Yashts are the F1 and E1 Tamam Khordeh Avesta manuscripts, written in 1591 and 1601, respectively.

History

The history of the Yashts from before their earliest attestation in the manuscripts is unclear. In general, two hypothesis can be distinguished. According to the first hypothesis, the current collection of 21 hymns is the remnant of a larger collection, which may originally have comprised hymns to all 30 name days of the Zoroastrian calendar. According to the second hypothesis,

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