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Summary Of: Gathas

The Gathas are in verse... The 17 hymns of the Gathas consist of 238 verses... the names of the Gathas reflect the first word... The sequential order of the Gathas is structurally interrupted by the... linguistically as old as the Gathas but in prose... It must be noted that the Gathas are in an otherwise unknown language... original than what is sometimes taught about the Gathas in our time... tends to make the Gathas the hardest problem to be attempted by those who would investigate the literary monuments... Some of the verses of the Gathas are directly addressed to the Omniscient Creator... and in the Gathas he asked for assurance from Ahura Mazda...

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