Document Type : Research Paper
Authors
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, Ph.D. Persian Language and Literature student ,YazdIslamic Azad University, Iran
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Assistant Professor of Persian Language and Literature Department, Faculty of Humanities, Yazd branch, Islamic Azad University, Yazd, Iran
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. Assistant Professor of Farsi Language and Literature, Faculty of Humanities, Yazd Branch, Islamic Azad University, Yazd, Iran
Abstract
In the belief system of Zoroastrianism, Amesha Spenta have spiritual role and value in the structure of human society. Following the spiritual messages of Amesha Spenta, everyone will be able to access the eternal happiness in the material and spiritual worlds. This article aimed to study and recognize the faces of Amesha Spenta and their adjectives in Gahan and Ferdowsi's Shahnameh. Therefore, analyzing the lexical structure applying a descriptive, analytical, documentary and quantitative evaluation method, the study analyzed and face recognized the structure and spiritual identity of Amesha Spenta with an approach to the Zoroaster’s Gahan and its influence on Ferdowsi's Shahnameh. The word Amesha Spenta is not found in the Gahan and it has no special arrangement. But titles and adjectives of Amesha Spenta are widespread and evident in Gahan. In the Gahan, in order to identify Ahura Mazda, we come across six Avestan names and adjectives of Amesha Spenta, i.e. Asha, Vohu-manah, Kshatra, Armaiti, Haurvatat, and Ameretat. Also in Shahnameh, the system of Amesha Spenta is mentioned in the form of five verses with Persian names, i.e. Bahman, Ordibehesht, Shahrivar, Sefandarmaz, Khordad and Mordad. In the wisdom and philosophy of the Gahan, Amesha Spenta are considered the glorious manifestations of Ahura Mazda for theology and attainment of worldly and spiritual tranquility and peace. This intellectual Zoroaster’s heritage and the spiritual concepts of Amesha Spenta in Shahnameh are fundamentally applied in its epic context in order to train and upbring people.
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