Fravashi

Now Professor Moulton suggests that the word Fravashi may be derived from the Avestan root _var_, "to impregnate," and _fravaši_ mean

The Evolution of the Dragon G. Elliot Smith

Fravashi is a part of a good man's identity, living in heaven and reuniting with the soul at death.

The Evolution of the Dragon G. Elliot Smith

In fact the Fravashi is not unlike the Egyptian _ka_ on the one side and the Chinese _shen_ on the other.

The Evolution of the Dragon G. Elliot Smith

Loret (quoted by Moret, p. 202), however, derives the word _ka_ from a root signifying "to beget," so that the Fravashi may be nothing more than the Iranian homologue of the Egyptian _ka_.

The Evolution of the Dragon G. Elliot Smith

Every living creature has its own Fravashi, existing before its creation; nay in some places inanimate beings, and, stranger still, Ahura Mazda Himself, have their Fravashis.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne 1840-1916 1913

Boddhisattva so well as the Zoroastrian doctrine of the Fravashi.

Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 Charles Eliot 1896

This certainly recalls the Iranian idea of the Fravashi defined as "a spiritual being conceived as a part of a man's personality but existing before he is born and in independence of him: it can also belong to divine beings [553]."

Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 Charles Eliot 1896

The damned were not represented, but only the winged, Fravashi, Genii who, as the Persians believe, dwell one with each mortal as his guardian angel through life, united to him but separable.

The Bride of the Nile — Volume 01 Georg Ebers 1867

The damned were not represented, but only the winged, Fravashi, Genii who, as the Persians believe, dwell one with each mortal as his guardian angel through life, united to him but separable.

The Bride of the Nile — Volume 01 Georg Ebers 1867

The damned were not represented, but only the winged, Fravashi, Genii who, as the Persians believe, dwell one with each mortal as his guardian angel through life, united to him but separable.

The Bride of the Nile — Complete Georg Ebers 1867