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The Asuri metre is used in the Zend Avesta. They have been mentioned in the"Among the metres used in theThe Shukla Yajurveda mentions seven Asuri metres. The Asuri metres are embodied by the Gathas; such as the ''Gayatri asuri'' of 15 syllables in Ahunavaiti (Yas. XXXI,6; XXXI, 4), the ''Usnih asuri'' of 14 syllables in the Gatha Vohukhsathra (Yas. II); the ''Pankti asuri'' of 11 syllables in the Gathas Ustavaiti and Spenta-Mainyu.Bihar Research Society (1926). The Journal of the Bihar Research Society, Volume 12, p.129. Dr. Haug's research into the vedic and avestan metres found comparable similarities. For example the metre of Gatha Spentamainyu is Trishtubh while that of Ushtaviti Gatha is similar to vedic Trishtubh. The Ushtaviti Gatha exceeds the Trishtubh by only one pada of 11 syllables. The Yasna xxxi, verse 8 is nearest to Gayatri metre and Fargard xix to the Anushtubh. The metre of Homayasht is also near to Anushtubh.Ganga Prasad (2000). Fountain-head of Religion: Being a Comparative Study of the Principal Religions of the World and a Manifestation of Their Common Origin from the Vedas, p.94-95.Yajurveda The ''Yajurveda'' ( sa, यजुर्वेद, ', from ' meaning "worship", and ''veda'' meaning "knowledge") is the Veda primarily of prose mantras for worship rituals.Michael Witzel (2003), "Vedas and Upaniṣads", in ''The Blackwell C ..., we find several which are marked by the epithet Asuri, e.g., Gayatri Asuri, Ushni Asuri, and Pankti Asuri. These Asur metres are actually to be found in the Gatha literature of theZend Avesta The Avesta () is the primary collection of religious texts of Zoroastrianism, composed in the Avestan language. The Avesta texts fall into several different categories, arranged either by dialect, or by usage. The principal text in the litu ...".
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