Ahuna Vairya (Avestan: π¬π¬΅π¬π¬₯π¬ π¬¬π¬π¬π¬π¬π¬π¬) is the first of Zoroastrianism's four Gathic Avestan formulas. The text, which appears in Yasna 27.13, is also known after its opening words yatha ahu vairyo. In Zoroastrian tradition, the formula is also known as the ahun(a)war.
Numerous translations and interpretations exist, but the overall meaning of the text remains obscure. The Ahuna Vairya and Ashem Vohu (the second most sacred formula at Yasna 27.14) are together "very cryptic formulas, of a pronounced magical character."[1] The Ahunavaiti Gatha (chapters 28-34 of the Yasna), is named after the Ahuna Vairya formula.
AhunaVairya (Avestan: π¬π¬΅π¬π¬₯π¬ π¬¬π¬π¬π¬π¬π¬π¬) is the first of Zoroastrianism's four Gathic Avestan formulas. The text, which appears in Yasna 27.13...
deceitful' (Y. 30.4)." Yasna 19.15 recalls that Ahura Mazda's recital of the AhunaVairya invocation puts Angra Mainyu in a stupor. In Yasna 9.8, Angra Mainyu...
Denkard, the 21 nasks (books) mirror the structure of the 21-word-long AhunaVairya prayer: each of the three lines of the prayer consists of seven words...
Gathic prayers, is dedicated to AαΉ£Μa. All four prayers (the first is the AhunaVairya, the third is the Yenghe Hatam) have judgement and/or salvation as a...
attributed to Zoroaster himself. The attributes vohu "good", vahiΕ‘ta "best", vairya "desirable" and spenta "holy" are not always present in the oldest texts...
Zoroastrian concept denoting truth, order or righteousness. Together with the AhunaVairya, the Yenghe hatam, and the Airyaman ishya; the Ashem vohu forms the four...
Yasna 27 has the prayers referred to by Yasna 19β21. These are: The AhunaVairya invocation (also known as the Yatha Ahu Vairyo), the most sacred of all...
period, the most prominent type of prayer were mantras, in particular the AhunaVairya, the Ashem Vohu, the Yenghe hatam, and the Airyaman ishya. These four...
section is completed by reciting one AΕ‘Ηm vohΕ« prayer, two YaΞΈΔ ahΕ« vairiiΕ (Ahuna vairiia, Ahunwar), and an additional AΕ‘Ηm vohΕ«. The third section, which...
five holy verses in order to favor the great sextet (57.8), and the AhunaVairya invocation and other sacred formulae are Soroush's weapons (57.22). He...
half night. According to Zoroastrian cosmology, in articulating the AhunaVairya formula, Ahura Mazda made the ultimate triumph of good against Angra...
Yasna Haptanghaiti, and a number of mantras, namely the Ashem Vohu, the AhunaVairya and the Airyaman ishya. These Old Avestan texts are assumed to have been...
half night. According to Zoroastrian cosmology, in articulating the AhunaVairya formula, Ahura Mazda made the ultimate triumph of good against Angra...
Knowing that the battle would continue forever, Ahura Mazda recited AhunaVairya, the most sacred hymn of Avesta and repelled him back. Having lost the...
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