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Together with Rashnu "Justice" and Sraosha "Obedience", Mithra is one of the three judges at the Chinvat Bridge, the "Bridge of Separation" that all souls must cross. Unlike Sraosha, however, Mithra is not a psychopomp, a guide of souls to the place of the dead. Should the Good Thoughts, Words, and Deeds outweigh the Bad, Sraosha alone conveys ...
Rashnu [pronunciation? ] ( Avestan : 𐬭𐬀𐬴𐬢𐬏 ) is the Avestan language name of the Zoroastrian yazata of justice. Together with Mithra and Sraosha , Rashnu is one of the three judges who pass judgment on the souls of people after death.
The two appear as a dvandva compound "Rashnu-Arshtat" in Yasna 1.7 and 2.7, in Yasht 10.139 and 12.40, and in Sirozeh 1.18 and 2.18. [4] This is an eschatological identification, and in the liturgy recited on the third day after death she is invoked with Rashnu, Sraosha "Obedience" and Mithra "Covenant", together the three guardians of the ...
Mithra (Shinu George; born 12 May 1977) is an Indian actor, stand-up comedian, television actor, producer and entrepreneur, who has mainly worked in Kannada cinema. [2] He debuted as a small time actor in the film Shreeram in 2003 and went on to appear in more than 100 films.
Yashts 11 and 12 are respectively hymns to Sraosha and Rashnu, but are to some extent also an extension of Yasht 10, the hymn to Mithra. Sraosha and Rashnu are both attendants of Mithra. f. ^ There is also a "hidden" Yasht to the waters at Yasna 38. g. ^ Yasht 5 (in praise of Aredvi Sura Anahita) and Yasht 17 (to Ashi) share a number of verses ...
Mithra: The god of covenants, light, oath, justice, the sun, contracts, and friendship. Mithra is also a judicial figure, an all-seeing protector of Truth, and the guardian of cattle, the harvest, and the Waters. The Romans attributed their Mithraic mysteries to Zoroastrian Persian sources relating to Mithra.
Rashnu was an ethical deity, a divine judge who presided over the legal disputes of humans. He was often associated with Mithra. The name of Rashnu is derived from the Indo-European verb, *reg ("to be, make straight, direct, judge"). In particular he seems to have been the god of oaths and ordeals administered in trials.
Although Soroush is only one of the three divinities that pass judgement (the other two being Rashnu and Mithra), Soroush alone accompanies the soul on their journey across the bridge. As also the other two guardians of the bridge, Soroush is closely identified with Ashi, "Recompense". In Yasht 17.15 and 17.17, Soroush is called Ashi's "brother."