GAHANBAR , festivals of the See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient Avesta See also:

• CALENDAR

calendar celebrated by the See also:

• PARSEES, or PARSIS

Parsees at six seasons of the See also:

• YEAR

year which correspond with the six periods of creation: (1) Maidhyozaremaya (See also:

• MID

mid See also:

• SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring), (2) Maidhyoshema (midsummer), (3) Paitishahya (See also:

• SEASON (0. Fr. seson, seison, mod. saison, Lat. satio, sowing time, the spring, from serere, to sow; in Late Lat. the word is found with its present meaning, the spring being considered as particularly the season of the year)

season of See also:

• CORN (a common Teutonic word; cf. Lat. granum, seed, grain)
• CORN (fromm Lat. corms, horn)

corn), (4) A yathrema (season of flocks), (5) Maidhyarya (See also:

• WINTER, JOHN STRANGE
• WINTER, PETER (c. 1755-1825)

winter See also:

• SOLSTICE (Lat. solstitium, from sal, sun, and sistere, to stand still)

solstice), (6) Hamaspathmaedha (festival of sacrifices) .