Apas (āpas) is the Avestan language term for "the waters", which—in its innumerable states—is represented by the Apas, the hypostases of the waters. "To this day reverence for water is deeply ingrained in Zoroastrians, and in orthodox communities offerings are regularly made to the household well or nearby stream.
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- Apas (āpas) is the Avestan language term for "the waters", which—in its innumerable states—is represented by the Apas, the hypostases of the waters. "To this day reverence for water is deeply ingrained in Zoroastrians, and in orthodox communities offerings are regularly made to the household well or nearby stream. " The ape zaothra ceremony—the culminating rite of the Yasna service (which is in turn the principal act of worship)—is literally for the "strengthening of the waters. " Avestan apas (from singular āpō) is grammatically feminine, and the Apas are female. The Middle Persian equivalents are ābān/Ābān, from which Parsi Gujarati āvā/Āvā (in religious usage only) derive. The Avestan common noun āpas corresponds exactly to Vedic Sanskrit āpas, and both derive from the same proto-Indo-Iranian word, stem *ap- "water". In both Avestan and Vedic Sanskrit texts, the waters—whether as waves or drops, or collectively as streams, pools, rivers or wells—are represented by the Apas, the group of divinities of the waters. The identification of divinity with element is complete in both cultures : In the RigVeda the divinities are wholesome to drink, in the Avesta the divinities are good to bathe in. As also in the Indian religious texts, the waters are considered a primordial element. In Zoroastrian cosmogony, the waters are the second creation, after than of the sky . Aside from Apas herself/themselves, no less than seven Zoroastrian divinities are identified with the waters: All three Ahuras, two Amesha Spentas and two lesser Yazatas. Abans, a crater on Ariel, one of the moons of Uranus, is named after aban.
- Abanmah és el vuitè mes de l'any dels zoroastrians. És un mes dedicat a les aigües.
- アープ (Āp)とは、ゾロアスター教において崇拝される水神。 中級神ヤザタに分類される。 アープはアヴェスター語形で、パフラヴィー語形ではアーブ (Āb)という。 複数形アーバーン (Ābān)でも知られる。 いずれも「水」を意味し、最も直接的に水を神格化した存在である。 インド・イラン共通時代にまで遡る古い神格で、万物に潤いと繁栄をもたらす女神とされる。
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- Apas (āpas) is the Avestan language term for "the waters", which—in its innumerable states—is represented by the Apas, the hypostases of the waters. "To this day reverence for water is deeply ingrained in Zoroastrians, and in orthodox communities offerings are regularly made to the household well or nearby stream.
- Abanmah és el vuitè mes de l'any dels zoroastrians. És un mes dedicat a les aigües.
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