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considered holy. The
yazatas collectively are "the good
powers under Ahura Mazda", who is "the
greatest of the
yazatas".
Yazata is an Avestan-language...
- in
lesser divinities known as
Yazatas, who
share some
similarities with the
angels in
Abrahamic religions.
These yazatas ("good agents")
include Anahita...
-
extensions consist mainly of
additional invocations of the
divinities (
yazatas),
while the
Vendidad is a
mixed collection of
prose texts mostly dealing...
-
Zoroastrian angelic hierarchy, with the
specific angelic beings called yazatas having key
positions in the day-name
dedications on the
Zoroastrian calendar...
- New
Persian as well, for
example سروش, Sorūsh.
Unlike many of the
other Yazatas (concepts that are "worthy of adoration"),
Soroush is also
frequently referred...
-
cosmic order (asha).
According to
Denkard 5.24.21a, the
protection of the
yazatas is
ultimately greater than the
power of the demons. The dews are agents...
-
responsible for the luminaries. From
among the
flowers ****ociated with the
Yazatas, Adar's is the
marigold (calendula) (Bundahishn 27.24). The importance...
- 𐬨𐬌𐬚𐬭𐬀 Miθra; Old Persian: 𐎷𐎰𐎼 Miθraʰ) is an
ancient Iranian deity (
yazata) of covenants, light, oaths, justice, the Sun, contracts, and friendship...
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Christianization of Armenia, it was a
predominantly Zoroastrian land. The
yazatas (deities)
Mithra (Mihr) and
Verethragna (Vahagn)
particularly enjo**** a...
-
names were
uttered often,
since at
every Zoroastrian act of
worship the
yazatas of both day and
month were invoked. It also
clarified the
pattern of festivities;...
