Asha

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Asha is a central Zoroastrian and Iranian mythological concept representing truth, cosmic order, and righteousness that upholds the moral and natural structure of the universe.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Asha canonical 8

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Iranian mythological concept ⓘ
Zoroastrian concept ⓘ
cosmic principle ⓘ
religious concept ⓘ
appearsIn Gathas ⓘ
linked to: Avesta
associatedWith cosmic order ⓘ
justice ⓘ
light ⓘ
moral order ⓘ
natural order ⓘ
purity ⓘ
righteousness ⓘ
truth ⓘ
belongsTo Amesha Spentas ⓘ
centralTo Zoroastrian cosmology ⓘ
linked to: Zoroastrianism

Zoroastrian eschatology ⓘ
Zoroastrian ethics ⓘ
contrastedWith chaos ⓘ
evil ⓘ
falsehood ⓘ
coreDoctrineOf Zoroastrianism ⓘ
creatorDeity Ahura Mazda ⓘ
culturalContext ancient Iranian religion ⓘ
embodies divine law ⓘ
right order of existence ⓘ
equivalentInMiddlePersian Ardā ⓘ
equivalentInNewPersian Ardī ⓘ
linked to: Ard
goalOf Zoroastrian moral life ⓘ
influenced concepts of truth in Iranian culture ⓘ
later Iranian religious thought ⓘ
languageOfName Avestan ⓘ
maintains moral structure of the world ⓘ
natural structure of the world ⓘ
structure of the universe ⓘ
opposedTo Druj ⓘ
personifiedAs Asha Vahishta ⓘ
rankInAmeshaSpentas second ⓘ
relatedConcept ṛta ⓘ
religion Zoroastrianism ⓘ
requires good deeds ⓘ
good thoughts ⓘ
good words ⓘ
roleInJudgment criterion for judging souls ⓘ
textualSource Avesta ⓘ
ultimateTriumphOver Druj ⓘ
upheldBy Ahura Mazda ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ahuna → linkedConcept → Asha ⓘ
Druj → opposedTo → Asha ⓘ
Druj → ethicalOppositeOf → Asha ⓘ
Ashan → hasDeity → Asha ⓘ
subject linked to: fantasy world of Ashan