ĀXŠTI (Avestan) “Peace, contract of peace.” The existence of a late Avestan divinity Āxšti (fem.) is doubtful. The common noun,…

AŠI, Avestan feminine noun meaning “thing attained, reward, share, portion, recompense” and, as a personification, the goddess “Reward, Fortune.” The…

AŠƎM VOHŪ, the second of the four great prayers of the Zoroastrians, the others being: Ahuna vairyō (Y. 27.13), Yeŋ́hē…

AṦA, “truth” in Avestan, from Indo-Iranian *ṛtá-, a neuter noun having the same meaning. The word is attested in Old…

ANDREAS, FRIEDRICH CARL, German Iranologist (1846-1930). i. Life and work. ii. The Andreas Nachlass. iii. The Andreas Theory.   i….

AHURĀNĪ, feminine deity of the waters. A complete yašt, hidden in the Yasna as chapter 68, is dedicated to her….

AHU, two homonymous Avestan terms. 1. “Existence, life.” This word occurs in a range of religious phrases: (a) Both the…

AHRIŠWANG, a learned transcription of the Avestan nominative Ašiš vaŋuhī, the goddess “Good Recompense.” In the Gathas the word aši-…