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Confidence
Belief overview
Amesha Spentas and beneficent beings
The tradition recognizes beneficial spiritual entities linked to divine attributes and cosmic order.
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Supportive
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Contrary
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Neutral
What it is: The Amesha Spentas are holy beings or emanations associated with Ahura Mazda and with dimensions of creation and virtue.
How the tradition understands it: They articulate theology, cosmology, and ethics, serving as expressions of good order.
Textual basis and context: Avestan texts and later traditions develop their function.
Debates and variations: There is debate about whether they should be understood as attributes, hypostases, personal entities, or a combination of these aspects.
Documentary evidence
Supportive
Yashts on the yazatas
The Yashts preserve devotion to venerated beings and cosmic functions.
Reference: Avestan Yashts.
Content: The hymns exalt different entities linked to protection, order, and the cosmos.
Use in debate: They help show the development of angelology and devotion.
Yasna 47
A passage relevant to the Amesha Spentas and the good order.
Reference: Yasna 47.
Content: The text relates holy attributes or entities to the order of the good.
Use in debate: It is important for interpreting the Amesha Spentas.