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One of the spirits from Ahura Mazda was “Spenta Mainyu” what does the name mean?
A
Ugly Spirit
B
Beautiful Spirit
C
Bountiful Spirit
D
Mad Spirit
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Hence, aka mainyu is the “evil spirit” or “evil mind” or “evil thought, ‘’ as contrasted with spenta mainyu, the “bounteous spirit” with which Ahura Mazda conceived of creation, which then “was".

Detailed explanation-2: -Ahura Mazdā, (Avestan: “Wise Lord”) also spelled Ormizd or Ormazd, supreme god in ancient Iranian religion, especially Zoroastrianism, the religious system of the Iranian prophet Zarathustra (c. 6th century bce; Greek name Zoroaster).

Detailed explanation-3: -Spenta is a characteristic word of his revelation, meaning furthering, strengthening, bounteous, holy.” The oldest attested use of the term is in part of the Yasna Haptanghaiti and in which the two elements of the name occur in reverse order, that is, as Spenta Amesha.

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