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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later Middle Persian literature, texts including the Bundahishn, Denkard, and the Wizidagiha-i Zadspram. According to the Zoroastrian creation myth, there...
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during the era of Sasanian dynasty. It is the largest source of Zoroastrian literature. The rulers of the Sasanian Empire (224–654 CE) were natives of...
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Zoroastrianism, an Iranian religion, has been present in India for thousands of years. Though it split into a separate branch, it shares a common origin...
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marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of the intended characters. Zoroastrianism (Persian: دین زرتشتی, romanized: Din-ē Zartoshti), also known as Mazdayasna...
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Fereydun (section In Zoroastrian literature)
cognate with Āθβiya, the name of Thraetaona's father in the Avestā, Zoroastrian texts collated in the third century. Traitaunas may therefore be interpreted...
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Ahriman (redirect from Dark Lord (Zoroastrianism))
is 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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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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Avesta (redirect from Zoroastrian scriptures Avesta)
(/əˈvɛstə/𐬎𐬞𐬀𐬯𐬙𐬀) is the primary collection of religious texts of Zoroastrianism from at least the late Sassanid period (ca. 6th century CE). It is composed...
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Adherents of Zoroastrianism use three distinct versions of traditional calendars for liturgical purposes, all derived from medieval Iranian calendars and...
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Avestan period (category Zoroastrianism)
Avestan, Zoroastrianism features a large literature in Middle Persian. The most important of them are the Bundahishn, a collection of Zoroastrian cosmogony...
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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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earliest Zoroastrians eschewed writing as a form of demonic practice, the Middle Persian Zand, along with much secondary Zoroastrian literature, was recorded...
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times, the wide availability of printed literature like the Khordeh Avesta had a noticeable effect on Zoroastrian prayer practice. In general, prayers are...
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Tower of Silence (redirect from Exposure of the dead (Zoroastrianism))
known as a Tower of Silence, is a circular, raised structure built by Zoroastrians for excarnation (that is, the exposure of human corpses to the elements...
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Keyumars (category Zoroastrianism)
the form of 𐬔𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬊 𐬨𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬙𐬀𐬥 Gaiio Mərətan, or in medieval Zoroastrian texts as Gayōmard or Gayōmart. In the Avesta he is the mythological first...
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Zoroaster (category Zoroastrianism)
contemporary Ancient Iranian religion, becoming the spiritual founder of Zoroastrianism (known by its adherents as Mazdayasna, meaning "Mazda-worship", and...
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Bundahishn (category Zoroastrian texts)
not known. It is one of the most important extant witnesses to Zoroastrian literature in the Middle Persian language. Although the Bundahishn draws on...
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Sexual orientation in Zoroastrianism is, as in many other religions, a controversial topic with differing consensus over time. Within the Gathas, the sacred...
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Faravahar (category Zoroastrian symbols)
representation of a Fravashi, though Fravashis are described in Zoroastrian literature as being feminine. One of the most prevalent views in academia as...
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Sraosha (section In Zoroastrian tradition)
𐬯𐬭𐬀𐬊𐬴𐬀 or 𐬯𐬆𐬭𐬀𐬊𐬴𐬀 IPA: ['sroː.ʃa]), is the Avestan name of the Zoroastrian yazata of "Conscience" and "Observance", which is also the literal meaning...
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Kayanian dynasty (category Zoroastrian dynasties)
lost. The Samanid-sponsored revival also led to the resurgence of Zoroastrian literature, such as the Denkard, book 7.1 of which is also a historiography...
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In Zoroastrianism, the Amesha Spenta (Avestan: 𐬀𐬨𐬆𐬱𐬀⸱𐬯𐬞𐬆𐬧𐬙𐬀, romanized: Aməša Spəṇta—literally "Immortal (which is) holy/bounteous/furthering")...
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Verethragna (section In the Zoroastrian hierarchy)
victory Verethragna plainly enjoyed the greatest popularity of old." In Zoroastrian Middle Persian, Verethragna became 𐭥𐭫𐭧𐭫𐭠𐭭 Warahrām, from which...
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Yazata (redirect from Zoroastrian angelology)
Yazata (Avestan: 𐬫𐬀𐬰𐬀𐬙𐬀) is the Avestan word for a Zoroastrian concept with a wide range of meanings but generally signifying (or used as an epithet...
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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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Vishtaspa (category History of Zoroastrianism)
Ὑστάσπης Hustáspēs) is the Avestan-language name of a figure appearing in Zoroastrian scripture and tradition, portrayed as an early follower of Zoroaster...
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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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Mithra (section In literature)
harvest, and the Waters. The Romans attributed their Mithraic mysteries to Zoroastrian Persian sources relating to Mithra. Since the early 1970s, the dominant...
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aēṣ̌ma; Old Avestan: 𐬀𐬉𐬱𐬆𐬨𐬀 aēšəma) is the Younger Avestan name of Zoroastrianism's demon of "wrath". As a hypostatic entity, Aeshma is variously interpreted...
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