Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One of five metrical sections of the Avesta.
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- proper noun Zoroastrianism any of the 17 hymns included in the
Avesta believed to have been composed byZarathustra (Zoroaster) himself
Etymologies
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Examples
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Apparently they won him the courtesy of an interview, if that's what one might call Gatha's simple speech and the trader's even simpler grunts.
Bloodlines Coleman, Loren L. 1999
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These canticles are metrical in their structure and are composed in the so-called Gatha-dialect, a more archaic form of language than is used in the rest of the Avesta.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne 1840-1916 1913
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Why end each night of practice with the Evening Gatha?
The Last Word on Karl Rove for Now Mumon 2005
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Even though a Gatha (poem) be a thousand (of words), but made up of senseless words, one word of a Gatha is better, which if
The Dhammapada 2003
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Gatha stomped his way up the gangway, working his fury out on the iron grillwork.
Bloodlines Coleman, Loren L. 1999
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"Gatha kept that from them," Urza said softly, ignoring the latter remark.
Bloodlines Coleman, Loren L. 1999
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Gatha could hear the shrill cry of a wounded colos warbeast echoing up the mountainside, but it was drowned out immediately by the grating roar of a massive Phyrexian dragon engine.
Bloodlines Coleman, Loren L. 1999
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Gatha swallowed a tight knot in his throat, his mouth dry and scratchy for lack of spit.
Bloodlines Coleman, Loren L. 1999
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He rocked back to his feet as Gatha shrank to his knees-the two trading places.
Bloodlines Coleman, Loren L. 1999
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Gatha drank in the heady results as each day brought him closer to resuming a full work load.
Bloodlines Coleman, Loren L. 1999
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