Visperad

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Visperad is a Zoroastrian liturgical text and ceremony that expands upon the Yasna ritual with additional invocations to various divine beings.

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Visperad canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Zoroastrian ceremony
Zoroastrian liturgical text
associatedWith Ahura Mazda
category Zoroastrian prayers
Zoroastrian rituals
etymology from Avestan meaning “all the chiefs” or “all the lords”
expandsUpon Yasna
focusesOn cosmic order (asha)
praise of divine beings
genre liturgical text
hasCanonicalStatus part of extended Avestan liturgy
hasComponent additional invocations
hymns
prayers
hasFunction liturgical amplification of Yasna
hasRitualContext fire temple ceremonies
invokes Amesha Spentas
Yazatas
language Avestan language
surface form: Avestan
liturgicalCycle Yasna ceremony
surface form: Yasna liturgy
liturgicalUse communal worship
major festivals
partOf Avesta
performedBy Zoroastrian priesthood
surface form: Zoroastrian priests

mobeds
performedOn special religious occasions
purpose enhancement of Yasna ceremony
veneration of divine beings
relatedWork Avesta
surface form: Khordeh Avesta

Vendidad
Yasna
religion Zoroastrianism
requires consecrated ritual space
ritually pure officiants
ritualType high liturgy
scriptureOf Zoroastrianism
textualStructure collection of supplementary sections to Yasna
timePeriodOfCodification late Avestan period
tradition Iranian Zoroastrians
surface form: Iranian Zoroastrianism

Parsis
surface form: Parsi Zoroastrianism
transmittedAs manuscript tradition
ritual recitation
usedIn Zoroastrian ritual
Zoroastrian worship

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Avesta hasPart Visperad
Avestan language sacredText Visperad