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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Perceptions of novel warnings compared with current warning on tobacco packs, and warnings on cigarette sticks: A cross-sectional survey of college students in Southern India by Somya Mullapudi, Muralidhar M Kulkarni, Veena G. Kamath, John Britton, Crawford Moodie, Asha Kamath
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An intelligent IOT sensor coupled precision irrigation model for agriculture by G.S. Prasanna Lakshmi, P.N. Asha, G. Sandhya, S. Vivek Sharma, S. Shilpashree, S.G. Subramanya
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Innovations and Opportunities in Sustainable Textile Recycling by Anjimoon Shaik, V Asha, Gurnani Jaicky, Khan Irfan, Paul Surovi, Al-Jawahry Hassan M.
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Review Study on Recent Developments in Fire Sensing Methods by S. Fouziya Sulthana, Cross T. Asha Wise, C. V. Ravikumar, Rajesh Anbazhagan, G. Idayachandran, Giovanni Pau
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Dung beetles prefer used land over natural greenspace in urban landscape by G. Asha, K. Manoj, T. P. Rajesh, Sangeetha Varma, U. Prashanth Ballullaya, Palatty Allesh Sinu
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