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seven, the six super-ethereal Keshvars are fiery orbs, where reside emancipated and saintly souls.
The seventh is the terrestrial Keshvar, Khanirath Bami. According to Bundahishn 11.1 and Yasna
11.7, the Khanirath Bami is centrally located. In the latter, it is referred to as “Mademe Thrishvey”
= the central one-third. Though the Khanirath Bami is terrestrial, still it being located on the top of
the earthy globe - the whole ice-bound Arctic region - is circular in its latitudinal belt, unlike the
countries (or continents) of the known material world.
Thus, the terrestrial Khanirath Bami is entirely different from the other six Keshvars located
in far super-ethereal heights. The lowest of the six ultra physical Keshvars is the Vouru-Bareshti in
the North West direction. The next higher is Vouru-Zareshti in the North-East. Above this, in the
West is Arezahi and in the East, Savahi. Lastly, are Keshvars Frada-Dafshu, in the South-West and
Vida-Dafshu, the topmost, in the South-East. Thus, these six Keshvars are arranged in tiers. The
directions are supposed to be from the centre of the earthy globe.
Diagrammatically, the 6 Keshvars can be shown as under :-
(S.E.) Vida-Dafshu
(E.) Savahi
(N.E) Vouru-Zareshti
[South]
( S.W.) Frada-Dafshu
(W.) Arezahi
(N.W.) Vouru-Bareshti
Khanirath Bami
Earth
[North]
The joint magnetism from the far heights of the 6 Keshvars in six different angles around the
Khanirath Bami, keeps the earthy globe always in its position in the cosmos. Hence it is stated in
our religious texts that Khanirath Bami is centrally located.
One writer has aptly likened the six Keshvars "to a six-armed expanded umbrella of a
parachute, the outer ends of the six arms representing the 6 Keshvars, and the pendant earthy globe
as the parachutist".
All these details we had to go into, because most of the Zoroastrian and non-Zoroastrian
Scholars today do not comprehend the true significance of terms like Mazdayasni Deen and Haft
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