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...

In Zoroastrianism, any of the six divine beings (three male, three female) created by Ahura Mazda to help govern creation. They are worshiped separately, and each has a special month, festival, and flower. The most important are Asha Vahishta...

(‘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...

(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...

(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...

Amesha Spenta (AmÉša SpÉnta) 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 AmeshÄspand and the specifically...