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Jamshed

जमशेद
said jam-shed
also written: Jamsheed
Meaning

The legendary fourth king of the Pishdadian dynasty in Persian myth, whose splendid reign and famous world-revealing cup made him the type of glorious kingship before his fall through pride.

Usage & notes

Jamshed is the emblem of dazzling royal glory and its inevitable decline; poets recall his vanished throne and his all-seeing cup to point at the transience of worldly grandeur.