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The seventeen hymns or the Gathas, Gāθās in Avestan, are part of the Yasnas. Many of these hymns are directed to Ahura Mazda. The Gathas were handed down orally from generation to generation and were written down under the Sasanians.

Source: Boyce, Mary (2001). Zoroastrians, their religious beliefs and practices. London: Routledge