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.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Visperad canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

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 ⓘ
linked to: Avestan language
liturgicalCycle Yasna liturgy ⓘ
linked to: Yasna ceremony
liturgicalUse communal worship ⓘ
major festivals ⓘ
partOf Avesta ⓘ
performedBy Zoroastrian priests ⓘ
mobeds ⓘ
performedOn special religious occasions ⓘ
purpose enhancement of Yasna ceremony ⓘ
veneration of divine beings ⓘ
relatedWork Khordeh Avesta ⓘ
linked to: 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 Zoroastrianism ⓘ
Parsi Zoroastrianism ⓘ
linked to: Parsis
transmittedAs manuscript tradition ⓘ
ritual recitation ⓘ
usedIn Zoroastrian ritual ⓘ
Zoroastrian worship ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Avesta → hasPart → Visperad ⓘ
Avestan language → sacredText → Visperad ⓘ