Spenta Mainyu

[ mahyn-yoo ]

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noun

Zoroastrianism.

the good and creative spirit that is the offspring of Ahura Mazda.

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It seems to have grown up in north-western India in the centuries when Iranian influence was strong and may owe to Zoroastrianism the doctrine of the Vyûhas which finds a parallel in the relation of Ahura Mazda to Spenta Mainyu, his Holy Spirit, and in the Fravashis.

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Spenta Amesha spent gnat

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