Jamasp

One of the very small number of people named in the Gathas, which is to say one of the very small number of human beings the oldest layer of this religion mentions at all. That the registry held none of them, in a tradition it held thirty-three records for, is the shape of the gap this lane addresses.

Domains

• counsel and wisdom

Relations

• spouse: PouruchistaReciprocated in-batch.Reference treatment of the marriage of Pouruchista to Jamaspa Hvogva in Yasna 53. (secondary)
• kinsman of: FrashaoshtraThe kind is 'kinsman' and not 'sibling' on purpose. The tradition generally makes them brothers, and the source consulted here states only that both are named members of the Hvogva clan. Clan membership is what the citation supports, so clan membership is what the edge says.Reference treatment: named members of this clan are Jamaspa and Frashaoshtra, two members of Vishtasp's court. (secondary)

Sources

• Jamasp of the Hvogva clan is a nobleman at Kavi Vishtaspa's court, named in the Gathas, who marries Zarathustra's daughter Pouruchista in Yasna 53.: Reference treatments of Jamasp, of the Hvogva clan and of Yasna 53. (secondary)