↑ A significant portion of the Avesta has been lost, known of only through references and brief quotations in the later works, primarily from the 9th to 11th centuries, and mostly only the liturgies of which have survived.
↑ http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/ahura-mazda "We establish Thee as the god possessing good supernatural power (maya-), zealous, accompanied by aša,"... creator and upholder of aša, Ahura Mazdā is the guardian of justice.
↑ http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/druj In view of the opposition of the two words, if the meaning of aṧa- is "truth," then that of druj- must be "lie," but, if the meaning of the former is "order, justice," then druj- must mean "error, deceit."
↑ http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/ahura-mazda Zoroastrian tradition (e.g., Bundahišn 1.3) states plainly what is adumbrated in the Gāthās, that Ahura Mazdā became the Creator (Av. Dadvah, Dātār, Pahl.
↑ http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/ahura-mazda Zoroaster gave a wholly new dimension to his worship, however, by hailing him as the one uncreated God (Y. 30.3, 45.2), wholly wise, benevolent and good, Creator as well as upholder of aša (Y. 31.8).
↑ http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/asa-means-truth-in-avestan "Since the Aməṧa Spəṇtas represent the totality of good moral qualities, it is easy to understand why, by analogy with the inherited opposition between *ṛtá- "truth" and *drugh- "lie," the other Aməṧa Spəṇtas were similarly assigned their evil counterparts."
↑ http://www.avesta.org/dhalla/dhalla1.htm#chap6 "The better one of the two spirits told the evil one that they were by nature opposed to each other in their thoughts and teachings, understandings and beliefs, words, and deeds, selves and souls -- in nothing could they twain ever meet."
