Avesta other general. The following categorization is as described by Jean Kellens (see bibliography, below). The "Yasna" (from "yazišn" "worship, oblations", cognate with Sanskrit "yajña"), is the primary liturgical collection, named after the ceremony at which it is recited. It consists of 72 sections called the "Ha-iti" or "Ha". The 72 threads of lamb's wool in the "Kushti", the sacred thread worn by Zoroastrians, represent these sections. The central portion of the Yasna is the "Gathas", the oldest and most sacred portion of the Avesta, believed to have been composed by Zarathushtra (Zoroaster) himself. The "Gathas" are structurally interrupted by the
Mehrdad Avesta prison for 7 years as a political prisoner, because of his poems against Pahlavi Regime. He got married twice, in 1953 and 1965, and had a son and 3 daughters. He received some practices under supervision of Mone, Russel, Sartre, and Jamalzadeh. He toured around the world, visiting different countries and different people, giving speeches and receiving education in philosophy and theosophy. He died at the age of 62 because of heart attack, and is buried in Behesht-e Zahra in Astists section. Mehrdad Avesta Mehrdad Avesta (; 8 August 1930 – 6 May 1991) was an Iranian contemporary poet. Mohammad