-
considered holy. The
yazatas collectively are "the good
powers under Ahura Mazda", who is "the
greatest of the
yazatas".
Yazata is an Avestan-language...
-
extensions consist mainly of
additional invocations of the
divinities (
yazatas),
while the
Vendidad is a
mixed collection of
prose texts mostly dealing...
- god, but that
Zoroastrians believes in
lesser divinities known as
Yazatas.
These yazatas ("good agents")
include Anahita, Sraosha, Mithra, Rashnu, and Tishtrya...
-
Zoroastrian angelic hierarchy, with the
specific angelic beings called yazatas having key
positions in the day-name
dedications on the
Zoroastrian calendar...
- 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...
- New
Persian as well, for
example سروش, Sorūsh.
Unlike many of the
other Yazatas (concepts that are "worthy of adoration"),
Sraosha is also
frequently referred...
-
bodies they had
before they died. This is
followed by a last judgment. The
yazatas Airyaman and Atar will melt the
metal in the
hills and mountains, and the...
-
supreme god,
Zoroastrianism believes in
lesser divinities known as
Yazatas.
These yazatas ("good agents")
include Anahita, Sraosha, Mithra, Rashnu, and Tishtrya...
-
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...
-
derives fravashi from fra-vaxsh "to grow forth." Like most
other Zoroastrian yazatas, the
fravashis are not
mentioned in the Gathas. The
earliest mention of...
