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- proper n. Avestan language name of the Zoroastrian divinity/divine concept of "not dying." As the hypostasis of immortality, Ameretat is the Amesha Spenta of long life on earth and perpetuality in the hereafter.
Etymologies
From Avestan 𐬀𐬨𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬙𐬁𐬙 (Amərətāt, "not dying"). (Wiktionary)
Examples
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Ameretat (Amerdat), "Immortality," took the presidency of the vegetable world, which it was the business of the pair to keep in good condition.
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Vohumano, "good mind," and Ameretat, "immortality") from which the religion of Zoroaster made its Amshaspends, the archangels surrounding the Most
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Righteousness or Piety), Haurvatat (Well-being), Ameretat
Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV
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