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  • ''Khshathra (Vairya)'', translated as "Desirable Power" or "Desirable Dominion,"

  • ''Haurvatat'', translated as "Wholeness,"

  • ''(Spenta) Armaiti'', translated as "(Holy) Piety," "Devotion," or "Serenity,"

  • ''Ameretat'', translated as "Immortality,"

  • ''Vohu Manah'', translated as "Good Thought" or "Good Purpose,"

  • ''Spənta Mainyu'', translated as "Holy Spirit" or "Creative Energy," and

  • ''Aša (Vahišta)'', translated as "Justice and Truth" or "(Best) Truth."

    • These are the names of the spirits in Avestan. In Pahlavi, Khshathra is called ''Shāhrevar'', Haurvatat is called ''Hordad'', Spenta Armaiti is called ''Spendarmad'', Ameretat is called ''Amurdad'', Vohu Manah is called ''Vahman'', Spenta Mainyu is called ''Spenag Mēnōg'' and Asha Vahistha is called ''Ašwahišt'', ''Ardwahišt'' or "Ardebehišt". The names are naturally spelled in countless different ways in different English transcriptions, but this is one common way of writing them.


Though ''Spənta Mainyu'' (''Spenag Mēnōg'') is counted among the ''Aməša Spenta''s, he is often identified with ''Ahura Mazda'' (''Ohrmazd'', Modern Persian ''Hormæzd''), the creator of the remaining six ''Aməša Spenta''s and essentially above them.

Each of the ''Aməša Spenta''s helped to create a particular part of creation and now presides over it or is represented by it. Khshathra Vairya helped to create the stony firmament and presides over it as well as stone tools such as the stone pestle and the flint knife. Haurvatat helped to create and presides over water. Spənta Armaiti helped to create and presides over earth. Amərətāt helped to create and presides over plants. Vōhu Mānah helped to create and presides over cattle. Spənta Mainyu helped to create and presides over the just man and Aša helped to create and presides over fire.


REFERENCES

  • britannica.com

  • Mary Boyce (1984). ''Textual Sources for the Study of Zoroastrianism''. Manchester University Press.