خرده اوستا Khordeh Avesta (Little Avesta)خرده اوستا Khordeh Avesta (Little Avesta)

This book was read during ritual ceremonies. It contains several prayers including: Xoršid Niāyeš (prayer for the Sun); Mihr Niyāyeš (prayer for Mihr); Gāh-i Hāvan (the time of Hāvan (from dawn until noontime)); Nām Setāyeš (prayer for name); Gāh-i Rafetvan (the time of Rafetvan (noontime)); Gāh-i Uzirin (the time of Uzirin (afternoon)); Gāh-i Aeva Thrithram (the time of Aeva Thrithram (night)); Gāh-i Ušahin (the time of Ušahin (from midnight until sunrise); Māh Niyāyeš (prayer for the Moon); Soruš Yašt; Berasād; Ormazd Yašt (Yašt of Ormazd); Bahrām Yašt (Yašt of Bahram); Patet Kardan (to repent); Āfrinagān Dahmān; Soruš Yašt-i Sar-i Šab (Soruš Yašt for early night / evening); Hamāzor-i Rasmi (official Hamāzor (a passage that invites people to friendship and loyalty)).The script is Persian and languages are Avestan, Persian and Pazand. The manuscript has a brown leather cover with embossed geometric decoration. The main passages are in black; however, the chapters’ titles, some notes and words within the text are in red ink. In some pages, there are passages written vertically in the margin. At the top of the odd pages, there are numbers which indicate the folios’ numbers; however, sometimes the numbers are not in order, or missing (but it does not mean that any folio is missing).