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to influence his own reward.

Both asha and ashi have associations with Sraosha and Vohu Manah. Sraosha even has ashi as an epithet; he is ashivant, "possessing ashi," and obedience (=Sraosha) to Ahura Mazda brings good reward, which is "good thinking" (=Vohu Manah).

In the younger Avesta

In the younger Avesta, Ashi is unambiguously a divinity, particularly so in the Ard Yasht, i.e., the hymn dedicated to her. This hymn

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