BookRags.com Literature Guides Literature
Guides
Criticism & Essays Criticism &
Essays
Questions & Answers Questions &
Answers
Lesson Plans Lesson
Plans
My Bibliography Periodic Table U.S. Presidents Shakespeare Sonnet Shake-Up
Research Anything:        
History | Encyclopedias | Films | News | Create a Bibliography | More... Login | Register | Help

Search "Amesha Spenta"


Amesha Spenta

Print-Friendly
About 10 pages (2,864 words) in 6 products

"Amesha Spenta" Search Results
Contents:
Ask any question on Amesha Spenta and get it answered FAST!
Answer questions in BookRags Q&A and earn points toward
discounted or even FREE Study Guides and other BookRags products!
Learn more about BookRags Q&A
Encyclopedia and Summary Information
summary from source:
Amesha Spentas Summary
645 words, approx. 2 pages
AMESHA SPENTAS. In the Zoroastrian tradition, the Amesha Spentas (Av.; MPers., Amahraspandān), or "beneficent immortals,"are an important group of entities surrounding Ahura Mazdā and figuring significantly in the...
summary from source:
Vohu Manah : Gods and Goddesses , Devil and Demons
71 words, approx. 1 pages
(‘good thought’) A hypostatization in Iranian religion, forming part of the → Ameša Spentas. Vohu Manah is, on the one hand, a specific trope of → Ahura Mazda, and, on the other hand, created by him. On earth, Vohu Manah is...
summary from source:
Spenta Mainyu : Gods and Goddesses , Devil and Demons
59 words, approx. 1 pages
(Spēnāk Menoi) In Old Iranian myth, the constant adversary of Angru Mainyu (→ Ahriman). Where Spenta Mainyu creates life, Angru Mainyu is responsible for death. Throughout the whole of world history the two remain active as good and...
summary from source:
Armaiti : Gods and Goddesses , Devil and Demons
58 words, approx. 1 pages
(also Aramati) Personification of ‘compliant speech’ (and thereby corresponding to the Vedic → Sarasvati) belonging to the → Ameša Spentas. In the Gathas, Armaiti is closely associated with the earth and offers nourishment...
summary from source:
Amesha Spenta Information
1,931 words, approx. 6 pages
Amesha Spenta (Aməša Spənta) is an Avestan language term for a class of divinity/divine concepts in Zoroastrianism, and literally means "Bounteous Immortal". Later middle Persian variations of the term include Ameshāspand and the specifically...


 

Amesha Spenta

Print-Friendly
About 10 pages (2,864 words) in 6 products




Join BookRagslearn moreJoin BookRags


About BookRags | Customer Service | Report an Error | Terms of Use | Privacy Policy |