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of as the Good Spirit,[1] or the Best Spirit,[2] or the Most Holy Spirit.[3] This superlative title, the Most Holy Spirit, is sometimes applied to Ahura Mazda himself.[4] It is also used for Spenta Mainyu as apart from Ahura Mazda. For example, Zarathushtra tells Ahura Mazda that he chooses his Most Holy Spirit for himself.[5] The Most Holy Spirit, the one who stands in opposition to his evil twin brother, dons the massive heavens for his garment.[6]
- ↑ Ys. 45. 5.
- ↑ Ys. 33. 6.
- ↑ Ys. 47. 2.
- ↑ Ys. 33. 12; 43. 2; 45. 5; 51. 7.
- ↑ Ys. 43. 16.
- ↑ Ys. 30. 5; for Spenta Mainyu see Jackson, Zoroastrian Studies, p. 29, 30, 32, 33, 40, 69, 71; Gray, The Foundations of the Iranian Religions, p. 101–106; Kanga, A New Interpretation of the Spenta Mainyu of the Gathas, Bombay, 1933.
