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Verocana is the name of an Asura in Sam. Nik. Yashts. XXII. and XXIV. S.B.E. vol. XXIII. pp. 317 and 344. All three works are translated in S.B.E. vol. This idea is very common in China and Japan but goes back to Indian sources. See e.g. "He who leaves this body and departs remembering me in his last moments comes to my essence.
The set hymns form a large portion of the Zendavesta, where they occur in the shape of Gathas, or Yashts, sometimes possessing considerable beauty. They are sometimes general, addressed to Ormazd and the Amesha Spentas in common, sometimes special, containing the praises of a particular deity.
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