Khshathra Vairya
Zoroastrian · deity · primordial · Recorded classification
Amesha Spenta of Desirable Dominion and divine sovereignty; guardian of metals.
Parentage
- parent: Ahura Mazda
Domains
- dominion kingship
- metals
Powers
- Wield the desirable dominion of Ahura Mazda's kingdom
- Preside over metals and the molten metal of judgment
Epithets
- Xšaθra Vairiia Desirable Dominion; the Amesha Spenta of God’s just power, guardian of metals and the skythe Gāθās; Bundahišn (his guardianship of metals) (primary)
Relations
- sibling: AmeretatFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Ahura Mazda) per the figures' cited genealogy.
- sibling: Asha VahishtaFull 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: 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 51 (primary); Encyclopaedia Iranica, 'Amesa Spenta' (secondary)