#Vedic/post-Vedas viz. Hinduism/dharmic faiths inverted the meaning of asura
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“yə̄ āiiat̰ aṣ̌auuanəm diuuamnəm.”
— Hā 31.20
“The one who abides to Asha (Ashavan) shall attain the Celestial Lights/Divinity (Divam).”
The reward of the sustainer of Order/Truth (Asha), the righteous individual, is “brilliant fame”, the Abode of Light and Song itself. A happy existence, basically.
*djumnám 'divinity' (cf. O.Ind. dyumná- 'divinity, divine glory', O.Av. diuuamnəm 'id.'), from PIE *djḗus 'sky, heaven; sky god'. It could also be from an earlier Pre-PIIr. *djumnó-...
#zoroastrianism#zoroastrian#religion#indo european#indo iranian#spiritual#I have beef abt the words derived from dyeus#too many ppl say we demonized the word bc of the daeva situation#which is completely false#even if that was true#Vedic/post-Vedas viz. Hinduism/dharmic faiths inverted the meaning of asura#and the way many rigvedic gods like Indra are treated are… questionable to say the least
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