Asha
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Asha () or arta (; ) is a Zoroastrian concept with a complex and highly nuanced range of meaning. It is commonly summarized in accord with its contextual implications of 'truth' and 'right' (or 'righteousness'), 'order' and 'right working'. It is of cardinal importance to Zoroastrian theology and doctrine. In the moral sphere, aṣ̌a/arta represents what has been called "the decisive confessional concept of Zoroastrianism". The opposite of aṣ̌a is druj ().
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21 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Meaning
- As "truth"
- As "existence"
- As "right working"
- In comparison to Vedic usage
- Fire as the agent of Truth
- In eschatology and soteriology
- In relationship to the other Amesha Spentas
- In divine epithets
- Of Ahura Mazda
- Of other divinities
- In the Zoroastrian calendar
- Iconography
- In proper names
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Bibliography
- Further reading
- External links
Asha () or arta (; ) is a Zoroastrian concept with a complex and highly nuanced range of meaning. It is commonly summarized in accord with its contextual implications of 'truth' and 'right' (or 'righteousness'), 'order' and 'right working'. It is of cardinal importance to Zoroastrian theology and doctrine. In the moral sphere, aṣ̌a/arta represents what has been called "the decisive confessional concept of Zoroastrianism". The opposite of aṣ̌a is druj ().
Its Old Persian equivalent is arta-. In Middle Iranian languages the term appears as ard-.