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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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Why, then, has Ormazd a Fravashi, or archetype?

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

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 James Freeman Clarke

It is not Cyrus but his Fravashi which is here represented.

From The History of Antiquity Vol. VI. (vol. VI. of VI.) by Max Duncker

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 Max Duncker

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 James Freeman Clarke

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