"Saoshyant" first appears as a proper name in the Younger Avesta, explicitly so in "Yasht" 13.129 where it is used in the singular and where Astvat-ereta develops into an alternate name of the Saoshyant. The singular also appears in "Yasna" 59.1 where Verethragna is said to be Saoshyant's weapon in overcoming resistance. A plural form appears for instance in "Yasht" 17.1 where Ashi—the divinity of "recompense"—is described to give the Saoshyants the power of "making wonderful" ("frasho.kereti"). The term may also be rendered as "Renovation" and can be translated etymologically as "juicy-making".