A few Instances of Avestan Terms used in Technical or Allegorical or Spiritual Meanings, unknown to Scholars
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Literal Meaning |
Text Reference |
Technical Meaning |
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Horse |
Yt. 5, 21 |
(Spiritual) power. Blissfulness |
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Bull or cow |
Yt. 5, 21 |
(as of cow-kind) |
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Sheep |
Yt. 5, 21 |
Innocence as of the sheep (N. B. No sacrifice or massacre of any animals is meant in the passage. The mention of these animals indicates, the development of sublime spiritual power by the kings and warrior-saints concerned.) |
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Camel |
Ysn. 44,18 |
(Divine) Knowledge. In this stanza Zarathushtra asks Ahura Mazda how he may get the prize of '10 horses/ mares and a camel'? Here horses/mares indicate spiritual power gained by the strict practice of Asha, holiness, camel stands for divine knowledge, and 10 in Zoroastrian numerology indicates perfection in Good or Evil. Thus the prophet does not supplicate for getting those quadrupeds but for perfection of spiritual power and divine knowledge for vanquishing the powers of Satan. |
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Mountain |
Yt. 8,24 |
Sublimity (as of great mountain height) |
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River |
Yt. 8,24 |
Holy currents of Ardvi Sur imparting purity, borne on this earth by large rivers. |
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Pastures (Dakhyu) |
Yt. 10,144 |
Boundless wide expanse in space; stated as country in Yt. 13,150. |
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Sea(Zareh) |
Ysn. 42,4 |
Inner homologue (of Dakhyu) engendering super-ethereal waves. |
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House(Nmana) |
Yt. 13,150 |
Roof or dome of Geti, earthy globe, in Pairi and Adairi Dakhyus. |
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Street (Vis) |
Yt. 13,150 |
Region in Upairi Dakhyu. |
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Town (Jantu) |
Yt. 13,150 |
Sky between Aa Dakhyu and Upairi Dakhyu. |
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Wheel |
Yt. 13,89 |
Plexus of Kehrp, invisible body. |
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Fish |
Ysn. 42,4 |
Potentiality (in ultra-physical planes that can ultimately turn every atom into light. |
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Tree(Urvara) |
Ysn. 48,6 |
The allegorical tree of Ahura (analogous to genealogical tree) having 9 main branches
including 7 Ameshaspends plus 2 '-data', viz. Mazdadata, Law of Infoldment of Spirit into Matter, and Ahura-data, Law of Unfoldment of Spirit from Matter. From each of the above 9 main branches, emanate 3 sub-branches, divine Intelligences making 27. |
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Waters |
Vd. 21.4 |
Wicked souls trailing down and collecting on Zareh Vourukasha at the top of the space, like waters gliding down a mountain side. |
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Channels |
Yt. 5,101 |
Mediums or agencies for advancing backward souls. |
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Pillars |
Ysn. 57,21 |
Mediums or agencies for advancing backward souls. |
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Conflict (yaokhedra) |
Ysn. 12,9 |
The incessant conflict between Good and Evil within every human body being at the umbilicus. |
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Contestants (Ranoibya) |
Ysn. 51,,9 |
The Good and Evil propensities in every human being. |
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Tool (or instrument) |
Ysn. 12,9 |
The material body, the instrument (means for presenting soul on earth) |
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Relative (Khaetu) |
Ysn. 12,9 |
The counterpart soul. |
