19.17) the seven great Aməša Spəntas (q.v.) themselves are perceived as meditating on good thoughts, words, and acts. 5.21 speaks of the good man “who purifies himself through good thoughts. acts” ( frayō.humatō frayō.hūxtō frayō.huuarštō), and Vd. 57.14 a good man is defined as one “rich in good thoughts. The threefold formula is alluded to repeatedly in the Young Avesta (see Schlerath, 1968, II, p. I pledge myself to the well-thought thought. 8 runs: “I profess myself a Mazdā-worshipper and follower of Zoroaster, having pledged myself to and avowed the faith. Its last sections form part also of the daily obligatory prayers. ![]() 12, the Fravarānē (q.v.), whose kernel may be the profession of faith required of early converts to Zoroastrianism (Nyberg, p. 82).Ī very important reiteration of this moral code comes at the end of Y. This code has been seen as a moral extension of the threefold professional demand made of a priest, who to perform an act of worship effectively needed right intention, right words, and correct rituals (Boyce, 1979, p. 31-33, 45-50) and, if this attribution is correct, the prophet can here be seen defining for his followers with simple clarity an ethical code referred to repeatedly in more complex and subtle ways in the Gathas (Schlerath, 1974, pp. We are not those who denigrate good (things).” The next verse declares: “That have we chosen for ourselves, O Wise Lord, that through beautiful Aša we may think, say, and do what, of the actions which there are, should be best for the two existences.” A number of scholars have assigned, with different levels of convictions, the composition of YHapt. 38) runs: “We are those who welcome the good thoughts, good words, and good acts which, here and elsewhere, are and have been realized. 35.2), which (following Narten’s German translation, 1986, p. formula is at the beginning of Yasna Haptaŋhāiti ( Y. The Pahlavi renderings are humenišn(īh) hu-gōwišn(īh) hukunišn(īh). In form verbal adjectives, meaning “well thought, well said, well done,” they were substantivized to mean “good thought, good word, good act” (Narten, 1986, p. ![]() HUMATA HŪXTA HUVARŠTA, three Avestan words which encapsulate the ethical goals of Zoroastrianism.
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