Fravashi
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Fravashi
From Avestan
Example Sentences
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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
The later Parsi books tell us that the Fravashi is a part of a good man's identity, living in heaven and reuniting with the soul at death.
From The Evolution of the Dragon by G. Elliot Smith
In fact the Fravashi is not unlike the Egyptian ka on the one side and the Chinese shen on the other.
From The Evolution of the Dragon by G. Elliot Smith
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
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