Zoroastrianism Avestan ashavan also a avan , a van and art van is a Zoroastrianism Zoroastrian theological term. It literally means possessing asha a a , hence possessing truth or possessing righteousness , but has further implications It is an epithet of Ahura Mazda ref name Grey 1926 101 harvnb Grey 1926 p 101 . ref Yasht 1.12 . The term may then be applied to anything within the domain of Ahura Mazda and or Asha A a i.e. all of Creation , and excludes only that which is not dr gvant possessing lie Avestan language YAv drvant . ref name Gnoli 1987 705 harvnb Gnoli 1987 p 705 . ref With respect to mortals and in an eschatological and sotereological context, a avan is also a quality that can be acquired in life. Then, having acquired the qualities of an a avan , one becomes an a avan through blessed union with a a , Y. 30.1 after death. ref name Gershevitch 1945 483 harvnb Gershevitch 1955 p 483 . ref See also Asha In eschatology and sotereology a a in eschatology and sotereology . Zarathushtra is said, following Zoroastrian Tradition Tradition to be the only Ashavan that has become an Ashavan during his life. A avan may be used to denote u any u follower of the Good Religion. This is the most common use of a avan , applicable to any who walk the path of truth Yasna 68.12 and 68.13 . In this context, A avan is frequently translated as righteous person or blessed person. This general meaning of a avan is preserved in Iranian languages Middle Iranian languages as Zoroastrian Middle Persian Pahlavi ardav . The sotereological meaning of a avan is also evident in Xerxes daiva inscription , an Old Persian text XPh . That the souls of the dead dwell in the radiant quarters of Truth Yasna 16.7 also has Vedic parallels According to the RigVeda, the seat of truth is located in the other world. ref name Gershevitch 1964 18 harvnb Gershevitch 1964 p 18 . ref This next world implication of a avan is preserved in Iranian languages Middle Iranian languages as Zoroastrian Middle ... more details
For the city in Iran Darvand, Iran unreferenced date November 2007 A Darvand is a child of an angel and a human, usually a male angel and a woman. Darvand creatures appear in Anne Eliza Smith Anne Eliza Smith s novel Seola published in 1878. Deva Hinduism Devas or angels and Darvands are defined early on in the novel on page 15 and again later on page 64. Etymology In universe date October 2009 Darvand, in its original Avestan form dregvant means wicked. It is an ethical appellation of unrighteous persons. Angra Mainyu, the Evil Spirit, is a dregvant or darvand or wicked, as Spenta Mainyu, the Good Spirit, is ashavan or righteous. Thou Ahura Mazda, dost recognize only two classes among mankind, the ashavan or righteous and the dregvant, darvand or wicked to whatever religion they may belong. Those alone among Zoroastrians, who think good thoughts, speak good words and do good deeds are ashavan or righteous in thy sight. Those who don Sudrah and Kusti, the sacred shirt and girdle, and call themselves the Mazda worshipping Zoroastrians yet think evil thoughts and speak evil words and do evil deeds, are darvands or wicked. Those that profess to be good Mazdayasnians, but whose conduct gives the lie to their profession, are themselves darvands, wicked indeed. Category Literary characters Category Zoroastrianism Category Persian words and phrases fictional stub zoroastrianism stub ... more details
Bahram e Pazhdo lang fa , meaning Bahram son of Pazhdo was a Zoroastrian and Persian language Persian poet of the 13th century. Bahram e Pazhdo s only surviving work is his Bah riyy t lang fa , Spring , a 330 couplet composition, in hazaj meter , that dates to 1257. The poem celebrates the spring season, the Iranian new year festival Nowruz , the prophet Zoroaster , the praise of Kings and leaders who upheld or propagated the Zoroastrianism Zoroastrian religion, the ashavan righteous deceased of that faith, as well as those who might copy his poem. According to Professor Jaleh Amuzegar, the Bahariyyat has little literary merit and is poorly composed. ref name EIr citation last Amuzegar first J. chapter Bahram Pazhdu title Encyclopedia Iranica volume 3 location New York publisher Routledge chapter url http www.iranica.com newsite articles v3f5 v3f5a046.html ref The oldest surviving copy of the Bahariyyat is in a greater collection that dates to 1653 1655. That edition of the Bahariyyat , dated 1654, covers folios 219 223 of the 512 folio codex. As of 1989, ref name EIr the compendium was in the custody of the Public Library capitalized, that is the proper name of that library in St. Petersburg , Russia . Bahram e Pazhdo was the father of Zartosht Bahram e Pazhdo Zartosht Bahram , composer of the better known Zartosht nama . In the son s verse adaptation of the Book of Arda Viraf and which immediately precedes the father s poem in the above mentioned 512 folio codex, Bahram e Pazhdo is described as a writer dabir , as a man of letters adib , as a priest herbad and astronomer, and as someone who wrote good poetry in Middle Persian and in New Persian . References reflist Persian literature DEFAULTSORT Pazhdo, Bahram Category Persian language poets Category 13th century writers Category Medieval poets Category Iranian Zoroastrians ... more details
Zoroastrianism Bushyasta Avestan , b y sta , b ii st is the Zoroastrianism Zoroastrian demon daeva of Sloth . Her stock epithet is the long handed. In scripture as well as in later tradition, Bushyasta Middle Persian Bushasp is the hypostasis of laziness and idleness. She is the cause of procrastination as she strives to keep the righteous ashavan from performing productive tasks. She lulls the world back to sleep and makes the faithful forget in slumber the hour of prayer. ref name Darmesteter 1880 lxvii harvnb Darmesteter 1880 p lxvii . ref Although there are as many demons as the sins that man commits and Bushyasta is among the few daeva daeva s who are specifically mentioned in the texts, she is not among the fiends who are described in any great detail. ref name Dhalla 1938 405 harvnb Dhalla 1938 p 405 . ref In scripture Besides Bushyasta s stock epithet as the long handed, e.g. Vendidad 11.9, 11.12, 18.16 Yasht 10.97 , she is also described to be gaunt Vendidad 11.9 and 11.12 , and in Yasht 18.2, she is said to be zairi , yellow, golden, green. In verse 1 and 2 of Yasht 18, which is nominally dedicated to Arshtat Justice , khwarenah is said to vanquish Angra Mainyu , Aeshma of Wrath , the Freezing Cold, Apaosha of Drought , and Bushyasta. ref name Skjaervo 1987 826 harvnb Skj rv 1987 p 826 . ref Towards dawn, before the demons are forced back into the darkness, Bushyasta rushes from the north murmering Sleep on, O men Sleep on, O sinners Sleep on and live in sin Hadhokht Nask 41 42 . Bushyasta is named among the demons who flee at the sight of Mithra Mithra s mace. Yasht 10.97, 10.134 In tradition In the Bundahishn , a Zoroastrian account of creation completed in the 12th century, Bushasp is one of the hamkar s co operators of the six arch demons. here GBd XXVII.32 This hierarchy mirrors that of the six Amesha Spenta s and their helpers, the yazata yazata s . In a fragment of the lesser Bundahishn , Bushasp brings a unnatural lethargy upon a hero, who then ... more details
The World to Come or Age to Come is an eschatological phrase reflecting the belief that the World theology current world or Dispensation period current age is flawed or cursed and will be replaced in the future by a better world or age or Paradise . The concept is related to the concepts of Heaven and the afterlife , but Heaven is another place generally seen as above the world and the afterlife is specifically life after death. Also related is the concept of Heaven on Earth . Zoroastrian eschatology In Zoroastrianism Zoroastrian eschatology, the World to Come is the Frashokereti , where the Saoshyant will bring about a resurrection of the dead in the bodies they had before they died. This is followed by a last judgment through ordeal. The yazatas Airyaman and Atar will melt the metal in the hills and mountains, and the molten metal will then flow across the earth like a river. All mankind both the living and the resurrected dead will be required to wade through that river, but for the righteous ashavan it will seem to be a river of warm milk, while the wicked will be burned. The river will then flow down to hell , where it will annihilate Angra Mainyu and the last vestiges of wickedness in the universe. Jewish eschatology The Jewish eschatology .22The World to Come.22 World to Come , or more properly the Hebrew transliteration Olam Haba , is an important part of Jewish eschatology. Although Judaism concentrates on the importance of the Earthly world Olam HaZeh this world , all of classical Judaism posits an afterlife. cn date September 2011 The Hereafter is known as Olam HaBa the world to come , Gan Eden the Heavenly Garden of Eden In Jewish eschatology Garden of Eden and Gehenna Gehinom Purgatory . ref Jews are told to live their life on earth to the full, as their bodies will stay there but their souls live on. http www.simpletoremember.com vitals jewish afterlife beliefs.htm Jewish Afterlife Beliefs at SimpleToRemember.com ref ref http www.jewishvirtua ... more details
Zoroastrianism Ahurani is the Avestan language name of a Zoroastrianism Zoroastrian class of divinity associated with the waters Aban p . In scripture, the expression ahurani appears both in the singular and in the plural, and may subject to context either denote a specific divinity named Ahurani, or a class of divinities that are ahurani s. The Avestan feminine suffix ani denotes companion, wife, mate , hence ahurani means partner of ahura . The ahura of the name may or may not be a reference to Ahura Mazda or to the other Ahura s. Following recent scholarship see Ahura for details , it is now generally supposed that there was once been a divinity whose proper name was Ahura, and from whom the various ahura s of the Avesta receive this epithet. In scripture In the Yasna Haptanghaiti In the Yasna Haptanghaiti , the ahurani s are invoked in the plural, as companions of the ahura . Yasna 38.3 In these verses of great antiquity and linguistically as old as the Gathas , they are also said to be created by Ahura Mazda Yasna 38.4 . In the Younger Avesta In the Younger Avesta, the expression appears in the singular Ahurani bears gifts of health, prosperity, renown, and for the well being of the soul Yasna 68.3 4 . In Yasna 68.11, the devotee asks Ahurani for a long life and a welcome in the radiant abode of the righteous i.e. paradise, cf. ashavan . In Yasna 68, which is a hidden since not explicitely dedicated to them Yasht , the ahuric one of the Ahura, appears to represent water in all its variations rivers, wells, lakes, seas, snow and rain Yasna 68.6 . As such, the single divinity appears to be synonymous with the apas , the group of Indo Iranians Indo Iranian divinities of the waters. In other verses, the waters are themselves revered as the ahurani s Yasna 38.3 . The ahurani s enlighten thought, speech and actions Yasna 68.4 . This is in line with the Indo Iranian tradition of identifying water with wisdom Avestan Ahura Mazda mazda . The ahurani s as described as ... more details
represent the reward of the righteous after death cf. Ashi and ashavan . Haurvatat and Ameretat will destroy ... as having been created by Ahura Mazda for the help, joy, comfort, and pleasure of the ashavan . The righteous ... more details
other uses Zoroastrianism Not to be confused with the Bhutanese honorific title Ashi title . Ashi a i is the Avestan language word for the Zoroastrianism Zoroastrian concept of that which is attained. As the hypostasis linguistics hypostasis of reward, recompense, or capricious luck, Ashi is also a divinity in the Zoroastrian hierarchy of yazata yazata s . Nomenclature Avestan ashi is a feminine abstract noun, deriving from the root ar , to allot, with a substantivizing ta suffix, hence a i arti that which is granted. In the Avesta , the term implies both material and spiritual recompense. Although conceptually older than Zoroastrianism, Ashi has no attested equivalent in Vedic Sanskrit . The late Middle Persian equivalent as attested in the Zoroastrian texts of the 9th 12th century is ard , which is subject to confusion with another ard for Asha a a truth . In the younger Avesta, divinified Ashi is also referred to Ashi Vanuhi or Ashi Vanghuhi A i va uh , nominative A i va uh Good Reward , the Middle Persian equivalent of which is Ahrishwang Ahri wang . Ashi is also attested as a dvandvah compound as Ashi Vanghuhi Parendi. In scripture In Zoroaster s revelation Avestan ashi is already attested in the Gathas , the oldest texts of the Zoroastrianism and believed to have been composed by Zarathushtra himself. In these hymns, where the term occurs 17 times, ashi is still an abstract concept and is not yet the divinity that she would become in the younger Avesta. With the adjective good hence vanuhi , ashi occurs thrice. In the Gathas, ashi is frequently identified with asha truth , so for instance in Yasna 51.10 where the poet calls truth to him , to come with good reward. The idea being expressed here is a soteriological one, with truth being connected to the afterlife see asha for details and ashi being the appropriate recompense for the soul after death cf. ashavan . This is also apparent in Yasna 43.5 where Ahura Mazda appoints reward for deed and word bad for t ... more details
as possessing truth ashavan a avan . ref name Gershevitch 1945 483 harvnb Gershevitch 1955 p ... , which corresponds ref name Gershevitch 1945 483 harvnb Gershevitch 1955 483 ref to Avestan ashavan ... top style width 2em text align right d valign top Note label Ashavan death d none This meaning of a avan ... e valign top Note label Zorspec ashavan e none The doctrinal basis for this extension of meaning ... publisher Tr bner fasc., 1979, Berlin de Gruyter Bartholomae, Airwb, coll. 229 259 for asha , ashavan ... more details
Vedic atharvan Avestan ashavan . XXX Asron , the name of the social class of priests during the Sassanid ... of Avestan ashavan see also relationship in texts between Atar to Asha Vahishta In mythology ... more details
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