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The Multimedia Yasna

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Avesta

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SOAS institutional project documenting the Yasna as a performed liturgy through manuscripts, text, and ritual practice; anchors the dossier's performed-scripture framing and the embedded place of the Gathas.

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The Avesta is a layered Zoroastrian sacred corpus transmitted orally and ritually; the extant corpus is partial and survives in manuscripts much later than its oldest Iranian material.

The corpus and its role are clear. Exact dates, authorship, and lost portions remain debated.
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Zoroastrian tradition associates the Gathas with Zarathustra, while the catalog does not establish personal authorship of the whole Avesta or a certain date and biography.

Answer / theory: Tradition associates the Gathas with Zarathustra, but the whole Avesta is not a single-authored work. What supports it: Old Avestan Gathas are central and traditionally linked to Zarathustra. What is weak or disputed: Exact authorship and dating remain debated. Evidence level: Mixed Evidence.
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