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17. Scripture. Avesta.
17. Scripture. Avesta.The Avesta, Book Pahlavi: is the text corpus of religious literature of Zoroastrianism. All its texts are composed in the Avestan language and written in the Avestan alphabet.…
16. Practices and rituals.
16. Practices and rituals.Throughout Zoroastrian history, shrines and temples have been the focus of worship and pilgrimage for adherents of the religion. Early Zoroastrians were recorded as…
15. Cosmology.
15. Cosmology.According to the Zoroastrian creation myth, there is one universal, transcendent, all-good, and uncreated supreme creator deity Ahura Mazda,or the "Wise Lord" (Ahura meaning "Lord"…
14. Principal beliefs, Tenets of faith.
14. Principal beliefs, Tenets of faith.In Zoroastrianism, Ahura Mazda is the beginning and the end, the creator of everything that can and cannot be seen, the eternal and uncreated, the all-good and…
13. Etymology & Theology.
13. Etymology & Theology.The theological category of Zoroastrianism is hard to define. The reasons are the difficulties in assigning precise dates to the principal texts and the fact that many…
12. ZOROASTRIANISM.
12. Zoroastrianism.Zoroastrianism (Persian: Dīn-e Zartoshtī), also called Mazdayasnā (Avestan) or Beh-dīn, is an Iranian religion centred on the Avesta and the teachings of Zarathushtra Spitama, who…
11. Western references to Zoroaster and Zoroastrianism.
11. Western references to Zoroaster and Zoroastrianism.In the modern era.An early reference to Zoroaster in English literature occur in the writings of the physician-philosopher Sir Thomas Browne who…
10. Western references to Zoroaster and Zoroastrianism.
10. Western references to Zoroaster and Zoroastrianism.In classical antiquity.The Greeks—in the Hellenistic sense of the term—had an understanding of Zoroaster as expressed by Plutarch, Diogenes…
9. Iconography.
9. Iconography.Although a few recent depictions of Zoroaster show him performing some deed of legend, in general the portrayals merely present him in white vestments (which are also worn by…
8. Philosophy.
8. Philosophy.In the Gathas, Zoroaster sees the human condition as the mental struggle between aša and druj. The cardinal concept of aša—which is highly nuanced and difficult to translate—is at the…
7. Influences.
7. Influences.In Christianity.....
6. Life.
6. Life.Zoroaster is recorded as the son of Pourushaspa of the Spitama family, and Dugdōw, while his great-grandfather was Haēčataspa. All the names appear appropriate to the nomadic tradition. His…
5. Place.
5. Place.The birthplace of Zoroaster is also unknown, and the language of the Gathas is not similar to the proposed north-western and north-eastern regional dialects of Persia. It is also suggested…
4. Zoroastrian and Muslim scholarship.
4. Zoroastrian and Muslim scholarship.Some later pseudo-historical and Zoroastrian sources (the Bundahishn, which references a date "258 years before Alexander") place Zoroaster in the 6th century…
3. Date.
3. Date.There is no consensus on the dating of Zoroaster. The Avesta gives no direct information about it, while historical sources are conflicting. Some scholars base their date reconstruction on…
2. Name and etymology.
2. Name and etymology.Zoroaster's name in his native language, Avestan, was probably Zaraθuštra. His translated name, "Zoroaster", derives from a later (5th century…
1. ZOROASTER.
Zoroaster.Zarathushtra Spitama, more commonly known as Zoroaster or Zarathustra, was an Iranian religious reformer who challenged the tenets of the contemporary Ancient Iranian religion, becoming the…
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