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Ahura Mazda (/ ə ˌ h ʊər ə ˈ m æ z d ə /; [1] Avestan: 𐬀𐬵𐬎𐬭𐬀 𐬨𐬀𐬰𐬛𐬁, romanized: Ahura Mazdā; Persian: اهورا مزدا, romanized: Ahurâ Mazdâ), [n 1] also known as Horomazes, [n 2] [2] is the creator deity and god of the sky [3] in the ancient Iranian religion Zoroastrianism.
The name Mazda came into existence with the production of the company's first three-wheeled trucks. Other candidates for a model name included Sumera-Go, Tenshi-Go, and more. [13] Officially, the company states: Mazda comes from Ahura Mazda, the god of harmony, intelligence and wisdom from the earliest civilization in West Asia. Key members of ...
Ahura Mazda then created the material and visible world itself in order to ensnare evil. He created the floating, egg-shaped universe in two parts: first the spiritual (menog) and 3,000 years later, the physical (getig). [46] Ahura Mazda then created Gayomard, the archetypical perfect man, and Gavaevodata, the primordial bovine. [52]
Ahura Mazda created the material and visible world itself in order to ensnare evil. He created the floating, egg-shaped universe in two parts: first the spiritual (menog) and 3,000 years later, the physical (getig). [10] Ahura Mazda then created Gayomard, the archetypical perfect man, and Gavaevodata, the primordial bovine. [11]
Qormusata Tngri derives his name from Ahura Mazda. He is analogous to the Indian Buddhist deity Śakra (to whom Michael York compares him, as a more active being [4]), ruler of the Buddhist heaven of the Thirty-three. Qormusata Tngri leads those 33, and in early texts is also mentioned as leading the 99 tngri. He is connected to the origin of ...
In Zoroastrianism, there are 101 names and titles used to refer to Ahura Mazda.The list is preserved in Persian, Pazend, and Gujarati. [1]The names are often taken during Baj (ceremonial prayer) as part of Yasna while continuously sprinkling with the ring made of eight metals with the hair of the pure Varasya named "Vars" [clarification needed] into the water vessel.
The Zand-i Wahman Yasn is a medieval Zoroastrian apocalyptical text in Middle Persian.It professes to be a prophetical work, in which Ahura Mazda gives Zoroaster an account of what was to happen to the behdin (those of the "good religion", i.e. the Zoroastrians) and their religion in the future.
The Bundahishn describes how Eranwez was the place where the first cattle was created (Bd. 13.4) and where Zarathustra first received the religion from Ahura Mazda (Bd. 35.54). The Bundahishn furthermore states that Eranwez is located near Adarbaygan (Bd. 29.12) and that it is connected by the river Daitya to a country called Gobadestan (Bd ...