-
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...
- and 23
Yazatas and in the
third month prayers are said for only 28 days (to
Ahura Mazda, the six
Amesha Spentas and up to
Zamyad Yazad, (
Yazata of the...
-
supreme god,
Zoroastrianism believes in
lesser divinities known as
Yazatas.
These yazatas ("good agents")
include Anahita, Sraosha, Mithra, Rashnu, and Tishtrya...
- "capricious luck," Ashi is also a
divinity in the
Zoroastrian hierarchy of
yazatas.
Avestan 'ashi' is a
feminine abstract noun,
deriving from the root ar-...
-
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...
- separation),
there will be a
great battle between the
forces of good (the
yazatas) and
those of evil (the daevas) in
which the good will triumph. On earth...
