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THE GÂHS.
THE Gâhs are the five divisions of the day. The Havani from 6 to 10 A.M., the Rapithwina from 10 A. M. to 3 P.M., the Uzayêirina from 3 to 6 P.M., the Aiwisrathrima from 6 to 12 P.M., the Ushahina from 12 P.M. to 6 A.M. The Gâhs here following are prayers which must be recited at the Gâhs of the day; hence their name?
I. THE GÂH HÅVAN Unto Ahura Mazda be propitiation. A blessing is Righteousness (called) the Best —
1. I confess myself a Mazda-worshipper, of Zarathustra's order, a foe to the Daêvas, devoted to the lore of the Lord, for the holy Hâvani, regulator of the ritual order, for its sacrifice, homage, propitiation, and praise, and for Såvanghi and Visya, the righteous regulator(s) of the ritual order, for their homage, sacrifice, propitiation, and praise, and for those of the Asnya, the day-lords during daylight, and the Ayara, lords of the days in their length, and for the Mahya, the month-lords, and the Yairya, year-lords, and for those of the especial seasons.
2. And to Mithra of the wide pastures, of the thousand ears, of the myriad eyes, the Yazad of the spoken name 3, be sacrifice, homage, propitiation, and praise, and to Râman Hvâstra.
3, 4. And we sacrifice to Ahura Mazda the holy
1 The term Gâh, itself, may have arisen from the practice of chanting the Gâthas at different fixed times in the day.
? To be recited every day at the time of Havani, * Having a special Yast.
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| SR No. | 007673 |
| Book Title | Zend Avesta Part 03 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | L H Mills |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1887 |
| Total Pages | 2618 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 49 MB |