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Asha (/ ˈ ʌ ʃ ə /) or arta (/ ˈ ɑːr t ə /; Avestan: 𐬀𐬴𐬀 Aṣ̌a / Arta) is a Zoroastrian concept with a complex and highly nuanced range of meaning. It is commonly summarized in accord with its contextual implications of 'truth' and 'right' (or 'righteousness'), 'order' and 'right working'.
The Ashem vohu is overall the shortest of the four Gathic manthras. It is dedicated to asha, a central concept of Zoroastrianism. It consists of only twelve words which are arranged in an alliterative fashion. This may have helped ordinary people to more easily remember it. [5]
Zoroastrian music is a genre of religious music that accompanies religious and traditional rites among the Zoroastrian people. Although certain ancient Zoroastrian traditions show a negative approach towards Zoroastrian melodies such as the pre-Islamic pastorals and minstrels, Zoroastrian music has been in the religion since it was founded.
This innermost core includes the 17 chapters of the Gathas, the oldest and most sacred texts of the Zoroastrian canon. Yasna 1–27.12 Yasna 27.13–27.15: three of the four of the most sacred Zoroastrian prayers Yasna 28–34: Gatha 1 Yasna 35–41: the "seven-chapter Yasna" Yasna 43–51,53: Gathas 2–5 (chapters 43–46, 47–50, 51 and 53)
For these, asha was the course of everything observable—the motion of the planets and astral bodies; the progression of the seasons; and the pattern of daily nomadic herdsman life, governed by regular metronomic events such as sunrise and sunset, and was strengthened through truth-telling and following the Threefold Path. [45]
In the Zoroastrian hierarchy of divinities, Bahram is a helper of Asha Vahishta (Avestan, middle Persian: Ardvahisht), the Amesha Spenta responsible for the luminaries. In the Zoroastrian calendar instituted during the late Achaemenid era (648–330 BCE), the twentieth day of the month is dedicated to Bahram (Siroza 1.20).
These saviours are those who follow Ahura Mazda's teaching "with acts inspired by asha" (Yasna 48.12). Saoshyant first appears as a proper name in the Younger Avesta, [ 5 ] explicitly so in Yasht 13.129 where it is used in the singular and where Astvat-ereta develops into an alternate name of the Saoshyant.
ASHA (pronounced "Asya" in the Tagalog vernacular) also refers to a popular hotel school in the Philippines, the first and largest of its kind in the country. ASHA stands for "Asian School of Hospitality Arts" which is a center for higher learning in the Philippines.