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Spenta Amesha

[ spen-tuh-ah-me-shuh ]

/ ˈspɛn tə ˈɑ mɛ ʃə /

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noun Zoroastrianism.

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How to use Spenta Amesha in a sentence

In the later parts of the Avesta these attributes are made independent persons (the bountiful immortals, or the Amesha Spentas).
The Worlds Greatest Books, Volume XIII.|Various
Ahura Mazda is assisted in his struggle for the good by six Amesha-Spentas or good spirits, who are something like archangels.
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India--Volume I (of IV)|R.V. Russell
It is also remarkable that God is credited with six attributes comparable with the six Amesha Spentas.
Hinduism And Buddhism, Volume II. (of 3)|Charles Eliot
Not less correctly does Plutarch describe the third Amesha Çpenta as the spirit of order and law.
The History of Antiquity|Max Duncker

But the name of the corps may be formed from the Amesha Çpenta Ameretat (V. 156, 164).
The History of Antiquity|Max Duncker