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Fravashi

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[fruh-vah-shee] / frəˈvɑ ʃi /

noun

Zoroastrianism.
  1. the soul of a dead ancestor.


Etymology

Origin of Fravashi

From Avestan

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Although India offers in abundance both divine incarnations and explanations thereof yet none of these describe the relationship between a Dhyânî Buddha and his Boddhisattva so well as the Zoroastrian doctrine of the Fravashi.

From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 by Eliot, Charles, Sir

Everything which has been created, or which is to be created, has its Fravashi, which contains the reason and basis of its existence.

From Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology by Clarke, James Freeman

I invoke the Fravashi of good men, the Fravashi of Ormazd, the Fravashi of my own soul!

From Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology by Clarke, James Freeman

Auramazda says to Zarathrustra in the book of the law: "O Zarathrustra, praise thou my Fravashi, the Fravashi of Auramazda, the greatest, best, most intelligent, best-formed, highest in holiness, whose soul is the holy word."

From The History of Antiquity Vol. V. by Duncker, Max

All this reminds us of the Fravashi of the Avesta and of the Persian monuments.

From Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology by Clarke, James Freeman

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