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Yazata (Avestan: 𐬫𐬀𐬰𐬀𐬙𐬀) is the
Avestan word for a
Zoroastrian concept with a wide
range of
meanings but
generally signifying (or used as an epithet...
- 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...
- god, but that
Zoroastrians believes in
lesser divinities known as
Yazatas.
These yazatas ("good agents")
include Anahita, Sraosha, Mithra, Rashnu, and Tishtrya...
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Manichaeans used the name of
Mithra current in
their time (Mihryazd, q.e. Mithra-
yazata) for two
different Manichaean angels. The first,
called Mihryazd by the...
- of all animals), Mithra,
Sraosha (Soroush,
yazata of prayer),
Rashnu (the Judge), Fravashi,
Bahram (
yazata of victory),
Raman (Ramesh
meaning peace),...
- 𐬯𐬆𐬭𐬀𐬊𐬴𐬀 IPA: ['sroː.ʃa]) is the
Avestan name of the
Zoroastrian yazata of "Conscience" and "Observance",
which is also the
literal meaning of his...
- the
visible presence of
Ahura Mazda and his Asha
through the
eponymous Yazata. The
rituals for
purifying a fire are
performed 1,128
times a year.[citation...
- Apam
Napat is a
deity in the Indo-Iranian
pantheon ****ociated with water. His
names in the Vedas, Apām Napāt, and in Zoroastrianism, Apąm Napāt, mean "child...
- of warmth,
light and comfort. The
Iranians began calling fire the Atas
Yazata (divinity) and
began giving it
offerings in
return for its
constant help...
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Abrahamic religions Pre-Islamic
Arabian deities Jinn
Nabataean deities Persia Yazata, see also Proto-Indo-Iranian
religion Elam
Baltic deities Latvian deities...
