Editing Mah (section)

{{Short description|Zoroastrian deity}}
{{other uses|Mah (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox deity
|type = Zoroastrian
| deity_of = God of Moon <br /> Guardian of Plants and Livestock
| image = [[File:Persépolis. Lion & taureau2.jpg|260px]]
| caption = [[Persepolis]] mural: The death of [[Gavaevodata]], the primordial bovine, whose ''cithra''<ref group=lower-alpha name="cithra" /> is rescued by the moon god.
| other_names = Chāndra
| script_name = [[Avestan]]
| script = Mångha 𐬨𐬂𐬢𐬵𐬀
| gender = male
| attributes = Increase of the flock of sheep, Lush vegetation and Prosperity, Care for the stars, Life-Giving and Honorable
| planet = [[Moon]]
| affiliation = The Thirty-Three Deities, [[List of Zoroastrian month days|Guardians of the Days of the Month]]
| symbol = Moon, Cow (due to the resemblance of its horns to the crescent moon)
| day = 12th of each month in the [[Iranian calendar]], [[Monday]] of each week
| associated_deities = [[Vohu Manah]], [[Rama]], [[Drvaspa]]
| sacred_flower = [[Narcissus (plant)|Narcissus]]
| abode = Sky
| festivals = Māh Ruz
| Greek_equivalent = [[Artemis]]
| Roman_equivalent = [[Diana (mythology)|Diana]]
| equivalent1_type = Indian 
| equivalent1 = [[Chandra|Soma]]
}}
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'''''Mångha''''' (''{{Transliteration|ae|måŋha}}'') is the [[Avestan language|Avestan]] for "[[Moon]], [[month]]",  equivalent to [[Persian language|Persian]] '''''Māh''''' ({{lang|fa|ماه‎}}; [[Old Persian]] {{lang|peo|𐎶𐎠𐏃}} [[:wikt:𐎶𐎠𐏃#Old Persian|{{Transliteration|peo|māha}}]]).
It is the name of the [[lunar deity]] in [[Zoroastrianism]]. The Iranian word is masculine.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Kanga|first=Kavasji Edalji|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uFogAQAAMAAJ&pg=339|title=An English-Avesta Dictionary|date=1909|publisher=Printed at the Fort Printing Press|language=fa}}</ref> Although Mah is not a prominent deity in the [[Avesta|Avestan scripture]], his [[crescent]] was an important symbol of royalty throughout the  [[Parthian Empire|Parthian]] and [[Sassanid Empire|Sassanid]] periods.

The Iranian word is cognate with the English ''moon'', from PIE ''[[:wikt:Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/mḗh₁n̥s|*mēns]]''