Apaosha
Sign in to saveApaosha (', ') is the Avestan language name of Zoroastrianism's demon of drought. He is the epitomized antithesis of Tishtrya, divinity of the star Sirius and guardian of rainfall. In Zoroastrian tradition, Apaosha appears as Aposh or Apaush.
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Vinony's link graph records 95 inbound references to Apaosha, and connects out to Zoroaster, Avestan and Amesha Spenta.
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- In the Avesta
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Apaosha (', ') is the Avestan language name of Zoroastrianism's demon of drought. He is the epitomized antithesis of Tishtrya, divinity of the star Sirius and guardian of rainfall. In Zoroastrian tradition, Apaosha appears as Aposh or Apaush.
For many decades, the Avestan common noun '' "drought" was thought to derive from either * "burning away" or * "stemming the waters." In the late 1960s, it was proposed that was the antonym of an unattested derivative of *'' "thriving". This explanation, which is also supported by Old Indic ' with the same meaning, is today well accepted. Avestan ' thus originally meant "not thriving".
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