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Sraosha (Avestan: 𐬯𐬭𐬀𐬊𐬴𐬀, romanized: sraoṣ̌a or 𐬯𐬆𐬭𐬀𐬊𐬴𐬀, səraoṣ̌a; Persian: سروش), is the
Avestan name of the
Zoroastrian yazata of "Conscience"...
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According to
Yasht 11.15,
Ahura Mazda created Sraosha to
counter the demon's mischief, and in
Yasna 57.25,
Sraosha protects the
faithful from the fiend's ****ault...
- ****ociations with
Sraosha and Vohu Manah.
Sraosha even has ashi as an epithet, he is ashivant, "possessing ashi" and
obedience (=
Sraosha) to
Ahura Mazda...
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language name of the
Zoroastrian yazata of justice.
Together with
Mithra and
Sraosha,
Rashnu is one of the
three judges who p****
judgment on the
souls of people...
- the
lesser Yazatas being invoked by name by the poet of the
Gathas are
Sraosha, Ashi, Atar,
Geush Tashan,
Geush Urvan, Tushnamaiti, and Iza, and all of...
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Sraosha "Obedience",
Mithra is one of the
three judges at the
Chinvat Bridge, the "Bridge of Separation" that all
souls must cross.
Unlike Sraosha, however...
- in
Abrahamic religions.
These yazatas ("good agents")
include Anahita,
Sraosha, Mithra, Rashnu, and Tishtrya.
Historian Richard Foltz has put
forth evidence...
- thoughts, good words, good deeds"), Vohu
Manah is
active in good thoughts,
Sraosha in good
words and Aṣ̌a in good deeds. (Denkard 3.13-14). Aṣ̌a is thus "represented...
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crosses Chinvat bridge which is the
Final Judgment of the soul.
Rashnu and
Sraosha are
present at the
final judgment. The list is
expanded sometimes, and...
- curvilinear.
Three divinities are
thought to be
guardians of the
Chinvat Bridge:
Sraosha (Conscience),
Mithra (Covenant) and
Rashnu (Justice).
Alternate names for...
