The Book of Arda Viraf (Middle Persian: Ardā Wirāz nāmag, lit. 'Book of the Righteous Wirāz') is a Zoroastrian text written in Middle Persian. It contains...
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Ahriman (section The Worship of Ahriman)
of the 9th–12th century, Ahriman (written ʼhl(y)mn) is frequently written upside down "as a sign of contempt and disgust." In the Book of Arda Viraf 5...
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Zoroastrianism (redirect from History of Zoroastrianism)
of note that worship of Ahura Mazda was exclusively a Zoroastrian practice. According to later Zoroastrian legend (Denkard and the Book of Arda Viraf)...
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Religion in Iraq (redirect from History of religion in Iraq)
There were 3,801 (0.01%) Hindus in Iraq in 2010 according to ARDA. By 2020 according to ARDA, they made up an estimated 0.01% or 2,800 people in Iraq. It...
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Navjote (category Rites of passage)
Khrad 2.35 and the Book of Arda Viraf (25.6.10). The latter considers such a thing to be a service to demons (the daevas). Other texts of tradition that define...
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Lexicon of the Greek Language. Oxford. p. 1205. Herodotus. "61". Histories. Vol. Book 7. Herodotus. "150". Histories. Vol. Book 7. Arda Viraf (1:4; 1:5;...
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Zoroastrianism in India (redirect from History of Zoroastrianism in India)
religion of the Iranian nation, Zoroastrianism eventually shifted to the Indian subcontinent during the reign of the Chalukyas of Vatapi Badami in light of the...
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Parsis (redirect from History of the Parsis)
through a river of fire ordeal for burning of their dross and together they receive a post resurrection paradise. The Zoroastrian holy book, called the Avesta...
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Zoroastrianism in Iran (redirect from Zoroastrians of Iran)
1163/9789004216846_009. ISBN 978-900420742-4. JSTOR 10.1163/j.ctv2gjwnw4.12. {{cite book}}: |journal= ignored (help); Missing or empty |title= (help) Tavakoli-Targhi...
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priest Kartir) and Pahlavi translations and commentaries of Avestan texts Book of Arda Viraf Jamasp Namag Čīdag Andarz ī Pōryōtkēšān Čim ī Kustīg Dadestan-i...
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