• Thumbnail for Khvarenah
    Khvarenah (also spelled khwarenah or xwarra(h): Avestan: 𐬓𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬥𐬀𐬵 xᵛarənah) is an Avestan word for a Zoroastrian concept literally denoting "glory"...
    15 KB (2,018 words) - 16:07, 1 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Zoroastrianism
    Faravahar, one of the primary symbols of Zoroastrianism, believed to be the depiction of a Fravashi or the Khvarenah....
    158 KB (16,544 words) - 16:45, 15 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Faravahar
    suggested that the figures used in Persian reliefs were meant to depict khvarenah or royal glory to reflect the perceived divine empowerment of kings, and...
    14 KB (1,386 words) - 03:54, 29 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Divine right of kings
    Iranian view, kings would never rule, unless Khvarenah is with them, and they will never fall unless Khvarenah leaves them. For example, according to the...
    40 KB (5,462 words) - 11:37, 1 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Orodes II
    figures, thus the investiture scene can be associated with the Avestan khvarenah, i.e. kingly glory. According to the modern historian Khodadad Rezakhani...
    28 KB (3,097 words) - 17:00, 9 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Tyche
    Parthian coins for the next 200 years. In later imagery, Tyche provides the Khvarenah or projection of divine rulership in Zoroastrianism to the worthy king...
    18 KB (1,855 words) - 22:25, 29 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Ahura Mazda
    scholars as Ahura Mazda has been now speculated to represent the royal khvarenah, the personification of divine power and regal glory. However, it was...
    34 KB (3,871 words) - 03:20, 4 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Farah (name)
    Arabic and Persian, among other languages. Derived from the concept of Khvarenah (divine radiance, halo) in Zoroastrianism[dubious – discuss], it has more...
    7 KB (768 words) - 00:03, 9 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Zahhak
    ruled for a thousand years, starting from 100 years after Jam lost his Khvarenah, his royal glory (see Jamshid). He is described as a sorcerer who ruled...
    31 KB (3,372 words) - 03:49, 16 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Ardashir I
    to show himself as a worshiper of Mazda related to god and possessing khvarenah. The claim of the legitimacy of his reign as a rightful newcomer from...
    95 KB (13,000 words) - 01:03, 8 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Simurgh
    The Hōm is in addition the vehicle of farr(ah) (MP: khwarrah, Avestan: khvarenah, kavaēm kharēno) ("divine glory" or "fortune"). Farrah in turn represents...
    21 KB (2,412 words) - 15:33, 23 September 2024
  • from his mother, his body will be sun-like, and the "royal glory" of the Khvarenah will be with him. Then, for the next 57 years he will subsist on only...
    9 KB (1,125 words) - 09:42, 25 June 2024
  • When falsehood enters Yama's speech this golden age comes to an end. The Khvarenah "Royal Glory" departs from Yama and seeks refuge in the cosmic sea. Azhi...
    43 KB (6,040 words) - 00:11, 13 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Daeva
    wreak mayhem, but forced back into the underworld by the divine glory (khvarenah) at sunrise. The Zoroastrianism of the medieval texts is unambiguous with...
    30 KB (3,831 words) - 18:10, 4 October 2024
  • Camfil Farr Farr, the Zoroastrian concept of God's favor, also called khvarenah Farr West, Utah, a US city This disambiguation page lists articles associated...
    630 bytes (112 words) - 21:16, 4 April 2019
  • Thumbnail for Aka Manah
    Spityura battle Vohu Manah, Asha Vahishta and Atar for the possession of khvarenah. Later in the same hymn (19.96), Aka Manah is predicted to be in battle...
    7 KB (998 words) - 12:41, 10 December 2023
  • Thumbnail for Shihab al-Din Yahya ibn Habash Suhrawardi
    Shahrivar (Zoroastrian angel), and the Kiyani Khvarenah. With regards to the pre-Islamic Iranian concept of Khvarenah (glory), Suhrawardi mentions: "Whoever...
    29 KB (3,721 words) - 01:31, 5 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Halo (religious iconography)
    mythology, and later Zoroastrian philosophy, speaks of the similar concept of Khvarenah (later farrah), a divine, radiant power that sanctified a king and his...
    41 KB (5,357 words) - 18:10, 16 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Scythian languages
    a bright farna," itself composed of: *xšaita-, "brilliant." *-farna, "khvarenah." *Šaϑraka Ancient Greek: Σατρακης, romanized: Satrakēs From a sibilisation...
    57 KB (3,370 words) - 23:24, 16 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Phraates IV
    bird of prey is present behind his head, which is associated with the khvarenah, i.e. kingly glory. The bird, possibly a symbol of the bird of the deity...
    26 KB (2,941 words) - 09:09, 16 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Tigranes the Great
    displayed, both Iranian aspects. The bird of prey was associated with the khvarenah, i.e. kingly glory. It was possibly also a symbol of the bird of the deity...
    55 KB (5,944 words) - 07:38, 17 October 2024
  • According to the Shahnameh, when Jamshid became proud of himself and lost his Khvarenah, Zahhak made the war upon Jamshid, and he was welcomed by many of Jamshid's...
    2 KB (165 words) - 10:41, 23 July 2022
  • Thumbnail for Eagle (heraldry)
    Empire of Persia. Eagle (or the related royal bird vareghna) symbolized khvarenah (the God-given glory), and the Achaemenid family was associated with eagle...
    51 KB (6,095 words) - 23:40, 17 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Vologases IV
    IV's bronze coins, an eagle is depicted, which is associated with the khvarenah, i.e. kingly glory. On the obverse of the coins of the brief ruler of...
    14 KB (1,516 words) - 19:08, 8 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Phraates V
    their divine figures, thus the figure can be associated with the Avestan khvarenah, i.e. kingly glory. Rarely, a fire temple is depicted on the reverse of...
    12 KB (1,364 words) - 06:31, 14 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Vologases I of Parthia
    (yazata) Anahita or Ashi. Both of these deities are closely linked with the khvarenah ("Divine Glory") of the monarch. Vologases sought to accomplish the goal...
    25 KB (2,556 words) - 18:13, 3 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Parthian coinage
    Hellenistic iconography to portray their divine figures, thus the investiture scene can be associated with the Avestan khvarenah, i.e. kingly glory....
    5 KB (442 words) - 19:14, 18 June 2023
  • Alongside Mithra, Apąm Napāt maintains order in society, as well as Khvarenah, by which legitimate rule is maintained among the Iranian peoples. It...
    12 KB (1,215 words) - 20:30, 26 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Arya (Iran)
    attempts of the Turyas and their mythical King Franrasyan to acquire the Khvarenah of the Aryas (airiianąm xᵛarənō). The fighting between the two peoples...
    37 KB (4,201 words) - 05:52, 9 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Mithridates II of Parthia
    figure in Zoroastrian sources, where he plays the role of the patron of khvarenah, i.e. kingly glory. Mithra played an important under the late Iranian...
    38 KB (4,472 words) - 23:54, 24 July 2024