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Spenta Mainyu

American  
[mahyn-yoo] / ˈmaɪn yu /

noun

Zoroastrianism.

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

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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.

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