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2 days ago · Ahura Mazda. Ahura Mazda, also known as Oromasdes, Ohrmazd, Ormazd, Ormusd, Hoormazd, Harzoo, Hormazd, Hormaz and Hurmz, is the creator deity and the supreme god in Zoroastrianism. Ahura Mazda stands for the dual deity Mitrāˊ-Váruṇā of the Hindu holy book known as the Rigveda.
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1 day ago · The Sassanids continued to use images to represent the deities of Zoroastrianism, including that of Ahura Mazda, in the tradition that was established during the Seleucid era. In the early Sassanid period royal inscriptions often consisted of Parthian , Middle Persian and Greek .
2 days ago · Darius mentions several times that he is the rightful king by the grace of the supreme deity Ahura Mazda. In addition, further texts and monuments from Persepolis have been found, as well as a clay tablet containing an Old Persian cuneiform of Darius from Gherla , Romania (Harmatta) and a letter from Darius to Gadates, preserved in a Greek text ...
2 days ago · Zoroastrians refer to the supreme God and Creator as the “Wise Lord” (Ahura Mazda). He and his allies (in heaven and on earth) are engaged in spiritual warfare with an evil entity known as Ahriman or Angra Mainyu (“Destructive Spirit”). Sometimes Zoroastrians are mischaracterized as being “dualists” or believers in two fundamental spiritual powers.
5 days ago · The closest Avestan parallel to the title is the Gathic phrase paitiš . . . xša?rahya (Y.44.9), "lord/master of rule," used obliquely of Ahura Mazda; but as a title it was plainly applicable, as far as sense went, to any of the three Ahuras, conceived as being the upholders of aša, "that which is right," which naturally included just rule.
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2 days ago · A close up of Darius the Great showing his feet on the body of Gaumata the false king; while holding his right hand up thanking Ahura Mazda for his triumph in saving his empire. 40. Darius the King says: One man named Vahyazdata -- a town named Tarava, a district named Yautiya, in Persia -- there he abode.
