CONCEPT OF GOD IN ZOROASTRIANISM (PARSIS)

CONCEPT OF GOD IN ZOROASTRIANISM:

God in Zoroastrianism is known as ‘Ahura Mazda’. ‘Ahura’ means ‘the Lord’ or 'The Master' and ‘Mazda’ means ‘the Wise’; hence ‘Ahura Mazda’ means ‘the Wise Lord’ or ‘the Wise God’. Ahura Mazda stands for God, in a strictly monotheistic sense.

Qualities of God according to the Dasatir:
According to the Dasatir, Ahura Mazda has the following qualities:

    * He is One.
    * He is without an origin or end.
    * He has no father or mother, wife or son.
    * He is without a body or form.
    * Nothing resembles Him.
    * Neither the eye can behold Him, nor the power of thinking can conceive him.
    * He is above all that you can imagine.
    * He is nearer to you than your own self.Qualities of God according to Avesta

According to the Avesta, the Gathas and the Yasna give various characteristics to Ahura Mazda such as:

Creator

Yasna 31:7 & 11

Yasna 44:7

Yasna 50:11

Yasna 51:7


       


Most Mighty

       

the Greatest

Yasna 33:11

Yasna 45:6


   


   

Beneficent

       

Hudai.

Yasna 33:11

Yasna 48:3


       


Bountiful
       

Spenta;

Yasna 43:4,5,7,9,11,13,15

Yasna 44:2

Yasna 45:5

Yasna 46:9

Yasna 48:3

Thus, in Zoroastrianism too, we find a concept of an eternal, omnipotent God. Several verses of Yasna praise the Lord as a Bountiful Creator.