Spenta Mainyu

[ mahyn-yoo ]

noun

, Zoroastrianism.

1. the good and creative spirit that is the offspring of Ahura Mazda.

Example Sentences

It seems to have grown up in north-western India in the centuries when Iranian influence was strong and may owe to Zoroastrianism the doctrine of the Vyûhas which finds a parallel in the relation of Ahura Mazda to Spenta Mainyu, his Holy Spirit, and in the Fravashis.

From Project Gutenberg