Jamshid
Asha Naidu
ashanaidu at HOTMAIL.COM
Mon Jun 14 15:03:15 UTC 1999
According to a parsi religious site at
http://www.ozemail.com.au/~zarathus/zgen33.html
Zara-thustra means Zara = golden, Ushtra =
camel, star, Golden
Star, possessing golden
camels, possessing old
camels. He who manages
/drives camels.
Esoterically
ushtra = divine knowledge,
hence Zarathustra means
possessing divine knowledge
My reading of Zoroastrian legends suggests that Jamshid is a later day
corruption of Yima-Kshaeta (Kshaeta = king)the legendary king of the
Avestans when they lived in Airyane Vaejahi their ancestral
homeland(http://www.ozemail.com.au/~zarathus/var33.html). Similarly the name
"Khurshid" is thought to be derived from kurukshaeta. Please note that my
sources are Avestan religious legends and not linguistic derivations - and I
am not certain that they are correct.
sincerely
Asha
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