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• AṢNĀF

  W. M. Floor

  the plural of ṣenf (class, kind category), collective designation of guilds in Iran since the 11th/17th century.

• ĀSNATAR

  W. W. Malandra

  one of the eight Zoroastrian priests (ratu) necessary for the performance of the yasna ritual.

• ĀŠŌ-DĀD

  M. F. Kanga

  Zoroastrian (Pazend) term for the remuneration to a priest for his services.

• ĀŠOFTA

  N. Parvīn

  a Persian magazine published in Tehran 1325 Š./1946-1336 Š./1957.

• ĀŠŌGAR

  Cross-Reference

  See AŠŌQAR.

• AŚOKA

  J. G. De Casparis, G. Fussman, P. O. Skj

   Mauryan emperor of India (ca. 272-231 B.C.).

• ASOŁIK

  M. van Esbroech

   “the singer,” the usual name of Stephen of Tarōn.

• ĀŠŌQAR

  EIr

  in Syriac sources the name of a deity.

• ĀSŌRISTĀN

  G. Widengren

  name of the Sasanian province of Babylonia.

• ASP

  Cross-Reference

  See ASB.