Gāh

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Gāh (Persian: گاه‎‎) is a period of time which is dedicated to a Yazata in Zoroastrianism.^[1]

References

Boyce, Mary (1979), Zoroastrians: Their Religious Beliefs and Practices, London: Routledge, ISBN 0-415-23903-6 (note to catalogue searchers: the spine of this edition misprints the title "Zoroastrians" as "Zoroastians", and this may lead to catalogue errors)

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