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Yazata is the Avestan language word for a Zoroastrian concept with a wide range of meanings but generally signifying (or used as an epithet of) a divinity. The term literally means "worthy of worship or veneration",〔.〕〔.〕 and is thus, in this more general sense, also applied to certain healing plants, primordial creatures, the ''fravashis'' of the dead, and to certain prayers that are themselves considered holy. The ''yazata''s collectively are "the good powers under Ohrmuzd", who is "the greatest of the ''yazata''s".〔.〕 == Etymology == ''Yazata-'' is an Avestan language adjective derived from ''yaz-''; "to worship, to honor, to venerate". The word ''yasna'' - "worship, sacrifice, oblation, prayer" - comes from the same root. A ''yazata'' is accordingly "a being worthy of worship" or "a holy being". As the stem form, ''yazata-'' has the inflected nominative forms ''yazatō'', pl. ''yazatåŋhō''. These forms reflect Proto-Iranian '' *yazatah'' and pl. '' *yazatāhah''. In Middle Persian the term became ''yazad'' or ''yazd'', pl. ''yazdān'', continuing in New Persian as ''izad''. Related terms in other languages are Sanskrit ''yájati'' "he worships, he sacrifices", ''yajatá-'' "worthy of worship, holy", ''yajñá'' "sacrifice", and perhaps also Greek ἅγιος ''hagios'' "devoted to the gods, sacred, holy". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Yazata」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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