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| | Zoroastrianism |
 | | The founder of Zoroastrianism, Zarathustra, preached around 600 BCE a monotheistic religious message, much of which is found in the central collection of religious texts, Avesta. | | | Zoroastrianism is to some extent a monotheistic religion, in the sense that there is a supreme god, Ahura Mazda, that is central in all cult. | | | The cult of Zoroastrianism is focused on the battle against the evil, and the principal symbol of this is the sacred Fire. |
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http://lexicorient.com/e.o/zoroastr.htm
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| | Zoroastrianism: An Introduction |
| | The inclusive name of Zoroastrian scriptures is Avesta (knowledge) and it is divided into five main parts: Yasna (worship) Gathas (Psalms), Vendidad (law agains demons), Yashts (worship hymns), and the Khorda-Avesta (litanies and prayers). | | | Zoroastrianism teaches concern for good thought, good word, and good deed as expressed in truthfulness, chastity, justice, compassion, care of the soil and natural elements,, charity, education, and service. | | | The origins of Zoroastrian religion are shrouded in mystery. |
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http://www.ubfellowship.org/archive/readers/601_zoroastrianism.htm
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| | ZEND-AVESTA - LoveToKnow Article on ZEND-AVESTA |
| | The Larger Avesta and the Twenty-one Nasbs.In its present form, however, the Avesta is only a fragmentary remnant of the old priestly literature of Zoroastrianism, a fact confessed by the learned tradition of the Parsees themselves, according to which the number of Yashts was originally thirty. | | | The language of the Avesta travelled with the Zoroastrian religion and with the main body of the priesthood, in all probability, that is to say, from east to west; within the limits of Iran it became international. | | | The original country of the religion, and the seat of the Avesta language, ought perhaps to be sought rather in the east of Iran (Seistnn and the neighboring districts). |
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http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Z/ZE/ZEND_AVESTA.htm
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| | Ahuramazda and Zoroastrianism |
| | These lines gave westerners the impression that Zoroastrianism was a kind of monotheism with a god and a satan; but this reconstruction of Zoroastrianism is, as we have already seen above, only possible by accepting that the Yashts and all other texts of the younger Avesta are based on an error. | | | The Avesta is the holy book of the adherents of Zarathustra, the Zoroastrians or -as they call themselves today- Parsi's. | | | Zoroastrians were probably not the only ones who believed in Ahuramazda (he is also mentioned in an Assyrian enumeration of native and foreign deities from the reign of king Aurbanipal); and as to Darius' dislike of lies - well, no one would say that he delights in deceit. |
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http://www.livius.org/ag-ai/ahuramazda/ahuramazda.html
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| | World Religions - Zoroastrainism |
| | The Zoroastrian scriptures, the Avesta (knowledge) are written in Avestan, a language similar to Sanskrit. | | | Zoroastrianism was once a very widespread religion, but now it has few adherents (about 150,000). | | | Zoroaster was born in Persia at a time when the popular religion was the worship of the Aryan nature gods. |
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http://www.refuge-outreach.org/religions/zoroastrianism.html
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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: The Avesta |
| | This conquest (637-651) was fatal to the Iranian religion, and caused Zoroastrianism to be supplanted by Mohammedanism and the Avesta by the Koran. | | | This is the oldest portion of the Avesta and descends directly from the prophet and his disciples. | | | The Avesta, as we now have it, is usually divided into five sections, relating to the ritual, hymns of praise, the liturgy, and the law. |
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http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02151b.htm
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| | EduNet - Religions of the World, Zoroastrism |
| | The term AVESTA has two separate meanings: First, it is the name of the ancient scriptures of the Zoroastrian religion. | | | AVESTA is also used to refer to the language in which these scriptures are written. | | | This server gives you access to all of the extant Avesta, along with translations, and is being expanded to include information about the language, and other useful information for students of Zoroastrian religion. |
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http://www.edunet.ie/resources/religioninfo/zoroaster.html
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| | The major world religions |
| | Zoroastrianism was founded by Zarathushtra (Zoroaster) in Persia which followed an aboriginal polytheistic religion at the time. | | | The Zoroastrian holy book is called the Avesta which includes the teachings of Zarathushtra written in a series of five hymns called the Gathas. | | | Zoroastrians worship through prayers and symbolic ceremonies that are conducted before a sacred fire which symbolizes their God. |
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http://www.omsakthi.org/religions.html
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| | Zoroastrianism |
| | Zoroastrianism enjoyed status as an official religion at various times before the advent of Islam, but Zoroastrians were persecuted in the 8th-10th century, and some left Iran to settle in India. | | | The Avesta is a collection of the sacred texts of ancient Persia belonging to the Zoroastrian religion. | | | In early Zoroastrianism, the struggle between good and evil was seen as an eternal rivalry between Ahura Mazda's twin sons, Spenta Mainyu (good) and Angra Mainyu (evil). |
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http://www.ishwar.com/zoroastrianism
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| | AVESTA -- Zoroastrian Archives |
| | We provide the complete text of the extant Avesta, the most ancient scriptures of Zoroastrianism, as well as many Pahlavi scriptures. | | | "Zoroastrianism is the oldest of the revealed world-religions, and it has probably had more influence on mankind, directly and indirectly, than any other single faith." | | | Denkard: A Ninth Century compendium of Zoroastrian wisdom... |
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http://www.avesta.org/avesta.html
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| | Zoroastrianism -- Beliefnet.com |
| | Main Sacred Text: The Zoroastrian "Avesta" ("Book of the Law") is a fragmentary collection of sacred writings divided into: liturgical works with hymns ascribed to Zarathustra; invocations and rituals to be used at festivals; hymns of praise; and spells against demons and prescriptions for purification. | | | Principal Center: Zoroastrianism all but disappeared in Persia after the Muslim invasion of 637 C.E. Only about 10,000 survive in remote villages in Iran, but over the centuries many sought religious freedom in India. | | | Later Zoroastrianism conceived of an opposition between body and soul, though there was no suggestion in its theology that the body was evil and the soul was good. |
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http://www.beliefnet.com/index/index_10035.html
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| | Zoroastrianism and Avesta: Overview and FAQ |
| | The most sacred sections of the Avesta are the Gathas or Hymns of Zarathushtra; they are also the most enigmatic. | | | Zoroastrianism is a religion founded in ancient times by the prophet Zarathushtra, known to the Greeks as Zoroaster. | | | In addition to the Avesta, Zoroastrians have numerous scriptures from the Sassanian period which are written in a middle-Persian dialect called Pahlavi. |
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http://www.avesta.org/zfaq.html
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| | AVESTA -- Zoroastrian Archives |
| | We provide the complete text of the extant Avesta, the most ancient scriptures of Zoroastrianism, as well as many Pahlavi scriptures. | | | These doctrines were to become familiar articles of faith to much of mankind, through borrowings by Judaism, Christianity and Islam; yet it is in Zoroastrianism itself that they have their fullest logical coherence.... | | | Khorda Avesta (Gujarati) edited by K. Kanga, kindly contributed and scanned by Soli Dastur. |
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http://www.avesta.org/avesta.html
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| | Links to Avesta and Zoroastrianism |
| | Avesta is the oldest surviving scripture on Zoroastrianism. | | | This page was created for easy access to web sites with text and commentary on Avesta. | | | You can read what others are doing to understand and celebrate this ancient scripture. |
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http://www.hudlins.com/avesta.htm
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| | Klexus Search Engine: zend-avesta (10) |
| | AVESTA The Scriptures of Zoroastrianism Zoroastrianism, like Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, is a "religion of a book" or r... |
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http://www.klexus.com/zend-avesta
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| | ZEND-AVESTA - LoveToKnow Article on ZEND-AVESTA |
| | The Larger Avesta and the Twenty-one Nasbs.In its present form, however, the Avesta is only a fragmentary remnant of the old priestly literature of Zoroastrianism, a fact confessed by the learned tradition of the Parsees themselves, according to which the number of Yashts was originally thirty. | | | The language of the Avesta travelled with the Zoroastrian religion and with the main body of the priesthood, in all probability, that is to say, from east to west; within the limits of Iran it became international. | | | The original country of the religion, and the seat of the Avesta language, ought perhaps to be sought rather in the east of Iran (Seistnn and the neighboring districts). |
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http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Z/ZE/ZEND_AVESTA.htm
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| | Zoroastrianism. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 |
| | Zoroastrianism’s scriptures are the Avesta or the Zend Avesta [Pahlavi avesta=law, zend=commentary]. | | | Other sources of Zoroastrianism are Achaemenid inscriptions, the writings of Herodotus, Strabo, and Plutarch, and the commentaries on the Avesta written (6th cent. | | | The Avesta consists of fragmentary and much-corrupted texts; it is written in old Iranian, a language similar to Vedic Sanskrit. |
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http://www.bartleby.com/65/zo/Zoroastr.html
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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: The Avesta |
| | This conquest (637-651) was fatal to the Iranian religion, and caused Zoroastrianism to be supplanted by Mohammedanism and the Avesta by the Koran. | | | This is the oldest portion of the Avesta and descends directly from the prophet and his disciples. | | | The Avesta, as we now have it, is usually divided into five sections, relating to the ritual, hymns of praise, the liturgy, and the law. |
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http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02151b.htm
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| | zarathustra |
| | This wicked manipulation was performed by some corrupt religious traders, who wanted to take advantage of religious activities for their own profits and by incorporating a lot of Mithra, Anahita, and Zarvan ideas in zoroastrianism, they inflicted a great damage to zoroastrianism. | | | Obviously, the men of knowledge and those who are familiar with Gatha and the true philosophy of zoroastrianism, know that many of such baseless principles such as Vandidad, do not belong to zoroastrianism and they have been added to it inimically to undermine it. | | | Recent philological studies show that many of the contents of Avesta are not genuine and have been added to it in later periods. |
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http://www.zoroaster.net/indexe.htm
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| | AVESTA -- Zoroastrian Archives |
| | We provide the complete text of the extant Avesta, the most ancient scriptures of Zoroastrianism, as well as many Pahlavi scriptures. | | | These doctrines were to become familiar articles of faith to much of mankind, through borrowings by Judaism, Christianity and Islam; yet it is in Zoroastrianism itself that they have their fullest logical coherence.... | | | Khorda Avesta (Gujarati) edited by K. Kanga, kindly contributed and scanned by Soli Dastur. |
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http://www.avesta.org/avesta.html
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| | Zoroastrianism and Avesta: Overview and FAQ |
| | The most sacred sections of the Avesta are the Gathas or Hymns of Zarathushtra; they are also the most enigmatic. | | | In addition to the Avesta, Zoroastrians have numerous scriptures from the Sassanian period which are written in a middle-Persian dialect called Pahlavi. | | | Zoroastrianism is a religion founded in ancient times by the prophet Zarathushtra, known to the Greeks as Zoroaster. |
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http://www.avesta.org/zfaq.html
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| | The Zend-Avesta |
| | Avestan language, also called (incorrectly) Zend language, eastern Iranian language of the Avesta, the sacred book of Zoroastrianism. | | | The greater part of the Avesta is written in a more recent form of the language and shows gradual simplification and variation in grammatical forms. | | | LCCN: 30024323 Irano-Aryan faith and doctrine as contained in the Zend Avesta, |
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http://freemasonry.bcy.ca/biography/pike_a/avesta.html
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| | Information About Zoroastrianism |
| | Webster Definitions [Zoroastrian] [Zoroastrianism] [Avesta] [Zend-Avesta] [Parsi] [Parsee] [Persian] | | | The sacred text of the Zoroastrians is called the Avesta-E-Zend or Zend-E-Avesta (Avesta in short). | | | Traditional Zoroastrianism: Tenets of the Religion by Porus Homi Havewala * (Alternate Site) [Matrimonial Page] |
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http://palette.ecn.purdue.edu/~bulsara/ZOROASTRIAN/zoroastrian.html
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| | zend-avesta - definition by dict.die.net |
| | Zend-Avesta n : sacred text of Zoroastrianism [syn: Avesta, Zend-Avesta] | | | [Properly, the Avesta, or sacred text, and its zend, or interpretation, in a more modern and intelligible language. |
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http://dict.die.net/zend-avesta
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| | Zend |
| | Zoroastrianism: Scriptures - Scriptures Zoroastrianism's scriptures are the Avesta or the Zend Avesta [Pahlavi avesta=law,... | | | Zend, term formerly used for the language of the | | | Add Fact Monster search to your site |
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