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    Criticism of Zoroastrianism has taken place over many centuries not only from the adherents of other religions but also among Zoroastrians themselves seeking...
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    development of" Zoroastrianism, and that "Zoroastrianism does not compare with the Jewish belief in the sovereignty of God over the whole of creation."...
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    Parsi-Zoroastrian longevity - Indian Express". 5 July 2008. Retrieved 20 November 2016. Team, Indo Vacations. "Zoroastrianism, Zoroastrianism in India"...
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    Zoroastrianism is considered to be the oldest religion still practiced in Iran. It is an Iranian religion that emerged around the 2nd millennium BCE, spreading...
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    Zoroastrian or Iranian cosmology refers to the origins (cosmogony) and structure (cosmography) of the cosmos in Zoroastrianism. Zoroastrian literature...
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    The Avesta (/əˈvɛstə/) is the primary collection of religious literature of Zoroastrianism. It was compiled and redacted during the late Sassanian period...
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    Amesha Spenta (category Classes of angels)
    In Zoroastrianism, the Amesha Spenta (Avestan: 𐬀𐬨𐬆𐬱𐬀⸱𐬯𐬞𐬆𐬧𐬙𐬀, romanized: Aməša Spəṇta—literally "Immortal (which is) holy/bounteous/furthering")...
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    Bill. University of Chicago. pp. 46–47 – via LacusCurtius. Boyce, M. & Grenet, F. (1991). A History of Zoroastrianism: Zoroastrianism under Macedonian...
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    development of old Iranian *gau-čiθra-, attested in the Younger Avesta in the form gaočiθra-, meaning “bearing the seed, having the origin of cattle”. He...
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    horrible carrion birds'  Boyce, Mary (1975). "The Zoroastrian Funeral Rites". A history of Zoroastrianism: Early period. Vol. 1. Leiden: Brill. pp. 156–165...
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    the Avestan name of Zoroastrianism's hypostasis of the "destructive/evil spirit" and the main adversary in Zoroastrianism either of the Spenta Mainyu...
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    considered in Zoroastrianism to have spiritual power. Their use already goes back to Zarathustra who described himself in his Gathas as a knower of mantras...
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    Zoroastrianism is a religion which has been practiced in the West Asian country of Armenia since the fifth century BC. It first reached the country during...
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    oldest texts of Zoroastrianism and traditionally attributed to Zoroaster himself, or by name in the Yasna Haptanghaiti, a seven-verse section of the Yasna...
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    This is a list of Zoroastrians with a Wikipedia article. Cyrus the Great, (Old Persian: 𐎤𐎢𐎽𐎢𐏁 Kūruš; Kourosh; New Persian: کوروش Kuruš; Hebrew: כורש...
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    In Zoroastrianism, there are 101 names and titles used to refer to Ahura Mazda. The list is preserved in Persian, Pazend, and Gujarati. The names are often...
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    and New Persian Akvan. The concept of akem manah is already attested in the Gathas, the oldest texts of Zoroastrianism and believed to have been composed...
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    Zoroaster (redirect from Date of Zoroaster)
    reformer who challenged the tenets of the contemporary Ancient Iranian religion, becoming the spiritual founder of Zoroastrianism. Variously described as a sage...
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    Bridge. Soroush is already attested in the Gathas, the oldest texts of Zoroastrianism and believed to have been composed by Zoroaster himself. In these...
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    Zoroastrian music is a genre of religious music that accompanies religious and traditional rites among the Zoroastrian people. Although certain ancient...
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    Routledge & Kegan Paul, pp. 479–480. Dhalla, Maneckji N. (1938), History of Zoroastrianism, New York: OUP. Russell, James (2001), "God Is Good: On Tobit and...
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    of Zoroastrians has been recorded throughout the history of Zoroastrianism, an Iranian religion. The notably large-scale persecution of Zoroastrians began...
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    Parsis (redirect from History of the Parsis)
    of a new version of Zoroastrianism that resembled Islam and differed from Zoroastrianism in the Sassanid era. The main components of Zoroastrianism as...
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    Zoroastrianism has numerous festivals and holy days, all of which are bound to the Zoroastrian calendar. The Shahenshahi and Kadmi variants of the calendar...
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    than Zoroastrianism, Ashi has no attested equivalent in Vedic Sanskrit. The late Middle Persian equivalent as attested in the Zoroastrian texts of the...
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    Zoroastrian literature is the corpus of literary texts produced within the religious tradition of Zoroastrianism. These texts span the languages of Avestan...
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    Jadi Rana (category Zoroastrian poetry)
    satisfied by the recitation of fifteen Sanskrit verses (Shloka) that summarized the most important tenets of Zoroastrianism. These fifteen verses, together...
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    Zoroastrianism in Sichuan refers to the historical presence of Zoroastrianism in modern-day Sichuan province, that forms part of southwestern China. The...
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    Faravahar (category Zoroastrian symbols)
    the fravaṣ̌i (𐬟𐬭𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬴𐬌), which is the Zoroastrian concept of the monotheistic god in Zoroastrianism. Rooted in ancient Near Eastern tradition, the...
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    Asha (redirect from Asha (Zoroastrianism))
    what has been called "the decisive confessional concept of Zoroastrianism". The opposite of Avestan aṣ̌a is 𐬛𐬭𐬎𐬘 druj, "deceit, falsehood". Its Old...
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