Asha
Asha () or arta (; 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'. It is of cardinal importance to Zoroastrian theology and doctrine. In the moral sphere, ''aṣ̌a/arta'' represents what has been called "the decisive confessional concept of Zoroastrianism". The opposite of Avestan ''aṣ̌a'' is ''druj'', "deceit, falsehood".Its Old Persian equivalent is ''arta-''. In Middle Iranian languages the term appears as ''ard-''.
The word is also the proper name of the divinity Asha, the Amesha Spenta that is the hypostasis or "genius" of "Truth" or "Righteousness". In the Younger Avesta, this figure is more commonly referred to as Asha Vahishta (''Aṣ̌a Vahišta'', ''Arta Vahišta''), "Best Truth". The Middle Persian descendant is ''Ashawahist'' or ''Ardwahisht''; New Persian ''Ardibehesht'' or ''Ordibehesht''. In the Gathas—the oldest texts of Zoroastrianism, thought to have been composed by Zoroaster—it is seldom possible to distinguish between moral principle and the divinity. Later texts consistently use the 'Best' epithet when speaking of the Amesha Spenta; only once in the Gathas is 'best' an adjective of ''aṣ̌a/arta''. Provided by Wikipedia
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Hippocratic oath in dentistry: An insight by Deepti Sharma, George Koshy, Ria Merin, Asha Alexander, Gauri Malik, Vishal Kumar Sharma
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Mechanical Characterization of Emerging 2D Materials for Electronics: Review by Lalitha G, V Asha, Nijhawan Ginni, Praveen, Tyagi Lalit Kumar, Abood Ahmed Salam
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Roles of Non-Coding RNAs on Anaplastic Thyroid Carcinomas by Plabon Kumar Das, Saharia Yeasmin Asha, Ichiro Abe, Farhadul Islam, Alfred K. Lam
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Order of Approximation by a New Univariate Kantorovich Type Operator by Asha Ram Gairola, Nidhi Bisht, Laxmi Rathour, Lakshmi Narayan Mishra, Vishnu Narayan Mishra
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Hydatid cyst involving the mandible ramus by Nivedhitha Maraimalai, Manisha Ahire Sardar, Kavita Wadde, Om Kharat, Shaheen Kanpurwala, Asha Chowdhar
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The Severity of Chronic Cough Diary (SCCD): development and content validation of a novel patient-reported outcome instrument for evaluating the symptom experience of chronic cough by Margarita de la Orden Abad, Claudia Haberland, Hayley Karn, Anne Skalicky, Asha Hareendran
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