Why the names Bagha and Yazata became used in the Avesta for the good gods, while the evil spirits received the name of Daevas we cannot discover; nor can we decide whether this change of name came in with the reform.

Yazata a personified object of prayer, 613-l.

The Word is said in the Yashna to have existed before all, and to be itself a Yazata, a personified object of prayer.