- instance, the
yazata Atar is
declared to be "the most
active of the
Amesha Spentas." Even in present-day Zoroastrianism, the term is
frequently used to refer...
- Zoroastrianism,
Spenta Armaiti (Avestan: 𐬯𐬞𐬆𐬧𐬙𐬀 𐬁𐬭𐬨𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌, romanized: spəṇta ārmaiti, "Holy Devotion") is one of the
Amesha Spentas, the
seven divine...
-
archangels or
Amesha Spentas. To
maintain equilibrium,
Ahura Mazda engaged in the
first act of creation,
distinguishing his Holy
Spirit Spenta Mainyu, the Archangel...
-
Amesha Spentas (Ameshaspands/Mahraspands),
through which the
Creator realized ("created with his thought") the
manifest universe. The
Amesha Spentas in turn...
-
emanations known as the
Amesha Spenta and with the help of "other ahuras".
These divine beings called Amesha Spentas,
support him and are representative...
- the
antitheses of the
Amahraspands (Avestan
Amesha Spentas).
Mirroring the task of the
Amesha Spentas through which Ahura Mazda realized creation, the six...
-
these six, the
Amesha Spentas that all
subsequent creation was accomplished. In
addition to Asha Vahishta's role as an
Amesha Spenta and
hence one of the...
- "destructive/evil spirit" and the main
adversary in
Zoroastrianism either of the
Spenta Mainyu, the "holy/creative spirits/mentality", or
directly of
Ahura Mazda...
-
Mordad or Amordad. It is
followed by Shehrevar. Like the
other Amesha Spentas also,
Ameretat is
already attested in the Gathas, the
oldest texts of the...
-
divinity with "Plutus," the Gr**** god of riches. Like the
other Amesha Spentas also,
Haurvatat is
already attested in the Gathas, the
oldest texts of...
