Adbag

Adbag — literally 'the great god' — is the Sogdian name and cult-form of Ahura Mazda, the supreme Mazdean creator, with whom Temple I at Panjikent is associated. In the Buddhist Sogdian texts the name is used to render the highest Indic god.

Domains

• sovereignty
• creation
• cosmic order
• heaven

Relations

• equated with: Ahura Mazda

Sources

• Sogdian Vessantara Jataka, where the Hindu Indra is rendered Adhvagh (Aδβaγ); ed. É. Benveniste (1946)