zoroastrianism in English

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a monotheistic pre-Islamic religion of ancient Persia founded by Zoroaster in the 6th century bc.
Aryan invaders of the second century B.C. established Zoroastrianism as the dominant religion in the area, lending the people their distinctive ethnic heritage as well as their name.

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1. ZOROASTRIANISM UNDER THE Achaemenids

2. Avesta definition is - the book of the sacred writings of Zoroastrianism.

3. Bactra/Zariaspa (modern Balkh) was a center of Zoroastrianism

4. One of the earliest forms of the Iranian languages to survive, Avestan is also the tongue of the Avesta, or scriptures of Zoroastrianism Zoroastrianism

5. What does Ahriman mean? Ahura Mazda's adversary, the chief spirit of darkness and evil in Zoroastrianism

6. Ahriman originally was a primordial desert spirit who became the personification of evil in Zoroastrianism

7. Ahriman In Zoroastrianism, the Demon of all Demons and the source of all evil

8. Angra Mainyu, (Avestan: “Destructive Spirit”) Middle Persian Ahriman, the evil, destructive spirit in the dualistic doctrine of Zoroastrianism.

9. The Avesta /əˈvɛstə/ is the primary collection of sacred texts of Zoroastrianism, composed in the otherwise unrecorded Avestan language.The Avesta's texts fa

10. Ahriman definition is - Ahura Mazda's antagonist who is a spirit of darkness and evil in Zoroastrianism.

11. Ahura Mazda is the highest spirit of worship in Zoroastrianism, along with being the first and most frequently invoked spirit in the Yasna.

12. Avesta, also called Zend-Avesta, sacred book of Zoroastrianism containing its cosmogony, law, and liturgy, the teachings of the prophet Zoroaster (Zarathushtra)

13. The complete text of the extant Avesta, the most ancient scriptures of Zoroastrianism, as well as many Pahlavi scriptures

14. 628 - 551 BC), the founder of Zoroastrianism, Ahriman existed in permanent opposition to Ahura Mazdah ('Wise Lord'), the embodiment of creation and good

15. Arabic became the new lingua franca and Islam quickly replaced Zoroastrianism; mosques were built,[Sentencedict.com] and many Persians intermarried with Arabs.

16. The Avesta (/ ə ˈ v ɛ s t ə /) is the primary collection of religious texts of Zoroastrianism, composed in Avestan language.

17. Ahriman was the god of evil and darkness in Persian mythology and in Zoroastrianism, a religion that attracted a large following in Persia around 600 B.

18. Avesta -- Zoroastrian Archives "Zoroastrianism is the oldest of the revealed world-religions, and it has probably had more influence on mankind, directly and indirectly, than any other single faith."

19. Avestan language, also called (incorrectly) Zend Language, eastern Iranian language of the Avesta, the sacred book of Zoroastrianism. Avestan falls into two strata, the older being that of the Gāthā s, which reflects a linguistic stage (dating from c

20. Research works are dedicated to the epoch of the beginning of Zoroastrianism proceeding up-to-date Islam and its meaning in the ancient delta of the Amu-Darya in the XI-XII-th centuries A.D. as well as to the research of the History of the Karakalpak people in the Middle Age and on the new stage of development.