however, the Yashts were compiled relatively late, namely through the Tamam Khordeh Avesta collections. In this hypothesis, a core collection of yashts, drawn from the Bagan yasht nask, was expanded by hymns contained in the regular Khordeh Avesta.

Composition

None of the yashts have a named author. Instead, they were composed within a priestly culture of fluid oral composition. This means that the individual

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