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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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