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  2. Names of God in Zoroastrianism - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. Zoroastrianism - Wikipedia

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    The name Zoroaster (Ζωροάστηρ) is a Greek rendering of the Avestan name Zarathustra.He is known as Zartosht and Zardosht in Persian and Zaratosht in Gujarati. [14] The Zoroastrian name of the religion is Mazdayasna, which combines Mazda-with the Avestan word yasna, meaning "worship, devotion". [15]

  4. List of Zoroastrians - Wikipedia

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    Cyrus the Great, (Old Persian: 𐎤𐎢𐎽𐎢𐏁 Kūruš; Kourosh; New Persian: کوروش Kuruš; Hebrew: כורש, Modern: Kōréš, Tiberian: Kōréš; c. 600–530 BC) : commonly known as Cyrus the Great, and also called Cyrus the Elder by the Greeks, was the founder of the Achaemenid Empire, the first Persian Empire.

  5. Zoroaster - Wikipedia

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    Manicheanism also incorporated other elements of Zoroastrian tradition, particularly the names of supernatural beings; however, many of these other Zoroastrian elements are either not part of Zoroaster's own teachings or are used quite differently from how they are used in Zoroastrianism. [89] [90]

  6. Category:Names of God in Zoroastrianism - Wikipedia

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  7. Category:Zoroastrianism - Wikipedia

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    Names of God in Zoroastrianism (4 P) Neo-Zoroastrianism (6 P) O. Zoroastrian organizations (1 C, 5 P) P. Zoroastrian philosophy (1 C, 3 P) Kingdom of Pontus (2 C, 6 P)

  8. Three Persian religions - Wikipedia

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    The "three Persian religions" include: Zoroastrianism (xiān-jiào 祆教); The Christian Church of the East (jǐng-jiào 景教); Manichaeism (míng-jiào 明教); Zoroastrianism was first introduced to China during the early Northern and Southern dynasties period, while Christianity and Manichaeism were both introduced to the Central Plains during the Tang dynasty.

  9. Denkard - Wikipedia

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    The Dēnkard or Dēnkart (Middle Persian: 𐭣𐭩𐭭𐭪𐭠𐭫𐭲 "Acts of Religion") is a 10th-century compendium of Zoroastrian beliefs and customs during the time. . The Denkard is to a great extent considered an "Encyclopedia of Mazdaism" [1] and is a valuable source of Zoroastrian literature especially during its Middle Persian iterat