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9 hours ago · 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]
9 hours ago · Zoroastrianism is often considered to be the oldest revealed religion in the world and to have influenced other traditions, such as Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. It is also known by the name Zarathushtrianism or the Zarathushtri religion, referring to the name of Zoroaster, a figure considered a prophet by Zoroastrians, in the form derived ...
5 days ago · Parsi-Zoroastrians mainly worship three grades of Fire namely, Atash Behram (highest grade), Atash Adaran (intermediate) and Atash Dadgah (lower grade). Atash Behram, by virtue of its very name, means ‘ fire dedicated to victory ’, and does not approve artificial light energies to come anywhere near it.
2 days ago · Zarathushtra Spitama, [c] more commonly known as Zoroaster[d] or Zarathustra, [e] was an Iranian religious reformer who challenged the tenets of the contemporary Ancient Iranian religion, becoming the spiritual founder of Zoroastrianism.
2 days ago · Sassanid Zoroastrianism developed clear distinctions from the practices laid out in the Avesta, the holy books of Zoroastrianism. Sassanid religious policies contributed to the flourishing of numerous religious reform movements, most importantly those founded by the religious leaders Mani and Mazdak .
2 days ago · The Zoroastrian doctrine of Zvarnah is the idea that emanations from the sun are collected in the head and radiate in the form of nimbus and rays. Zoroastrians celebrated the birthday of Mithras on December 25th. The primary ritual of Zoroastrianism was the homa ceremony.
5 days ago · Persia, with its love of gardens and flowers, was Zoroastrian before it was Muslim; and it was poverty and oppression that forced the Yazdi Zoroastrians into their small bare, fortress-like homes, without a blade of greenness to relieve the monotony.
