Asha Vahishta
Zoroastrian · deity · primordial · Recorded classification
Amesha Spenta of Best Truth and righteousness; guardian of fire and the asha principle.
Parentage
- parent: Ahura Mazda
Domains
- truth order
- fire atar
Powers
- Embody and uphold asha, the cosmic order of truth
- Preside over sacred fire as righteous order's element
Epithets
- Aṣ̌a Vahišta 'Best Truth/Order' — Amesha Spenta, guardian of fireYasna 47.1; Yašt 3 (Ardwahišt Yašt) (primary)
Relations
- sibling: AmeretatFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Ahura Mazda) per the figures' cited genealogy.
- sibling: AtarFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Ahura Mazda) per the figures' cited genealogy.
- sibling: HaurvatatFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Ahura Mazda) per the figures' cited genealogy.
- sibling: Khshathra VairyaFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Ahura Mazda) per the figures' cited genealogy.
- sibling: Spenta ArmaitiFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Ahura Mazda) per the figures' cited genealogy.
- sibling: Spenta MainyuFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Ahura Mazda) per the figures' cited genealogy.
- sibling: Vohu ManahFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Ahura Mazda) per the figures' cited genealogy.
Sources
- existence: Avesta, Yasna 33 (primary); Encyclopaedia Iranica, 'Amesa Spenta' (secondary)