Word origins

• AsmanAvestan and Middle Persian name of the Zoroastrian divinity that is the hypostasis of the sky. Asman is the "highest heaven," and is distinguished from the firmament, 𐬚𐬡𐬁𐬴𐬀 (θβāṣ̌a), which lies nearer the earth.
• AmeretatThe Zoroastrian divinity/divine concept of "not dying". As the hypostasis of immortality, Ameretat is the Amesha Spenta of long life on earth and eternal life in the hereafter.
• Amesha SpentaAny of the six immortal beings created by Ahura Mazda plus Ahura Mazda himself, often equated to archangels, virtues, and elements of nature.
• Angra MainyuAvestan language name of Zoroastrianism's hypostasis of the "destructive spirit". The Middle Persian equivalent is Ahriman.
• VendidadA collection of texts within the greater compendium of the Avesta. By content, an enumeration of various manifestations of evil spirits, and ways to confound them.