Anahita is the name of Iranian Goddess depicted in Old Persian terminology which represented a rather older phrase of Aredvi Sura Anahita (Arədvī Sūrā Anāhitā), who was a manifestation of Indo-Iranian cosmological divine entity and worshiped as a Goddess. In exact meaning the phrase (Ārdrāvī Śūrā Anāhitā) in Sanskrit - आर्द्रावी शूरा अनाहिता – would stand for -- Of the Waters, Mighty, and Immaculate. Very similar to Indian – Saraswati – Anahita is the personification of the Mythical, Indo-Iranian Heavenly River which cares the crops and animal herds and a Divine Goddess in all Her Grandeur. Both the Adjectives sūra and anāhīta are well attested in Avestan Language and Vedic Sanskrit. Like the Vedic Goddess Saraswati and Proto-Iranian *Harahvatī, Anahita is the divinity of waters (in Avestan -- Apas and in Middle-Persian -- Abān) is a Yazata of Indo-Iranian origin. In Middle and Modern Persian, Aredvi Sura Anahita becomes Ardwisur Anahid or Nahid and in Armenian is termed as Anahit. Her iconic cult worship started in Iran as early as 4th BCE. [Info and Image Credit: Anahita , Wikipedia ; Images Availed Under Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication and Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported ; Image Left: 4th -6th CE Sassanian Vessel believed to be depicting Anahita ; Image-Right : Naqsh-e Rustam Rock-Relief of Narseh where Sassanian King gets Ring of Kingship from Anahita ; Image-Url 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Anahita_Vessel,_300-500_AD,_Sasanian,_Iran,_silver_and_gilt_-_Cleveland_Museum_of_Art_-_DSC08130.JPG 2: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Naqsh_i_Rustam._Narses.jpg ]
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