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Gāthās

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions | 1997 | 222 words | Copyright

Gāthās. The seventeen hymns of Zoroaster, and thus texts of fundamental authority for Zoroastrians, especially in the liturgy (yasna). In Hinduism, gāthās are poems which do not appear in the Vedas.

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