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ZOROASTRIANISM
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Historical reviews
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ZOROASTRIANISM i. HISTORICAL REVIEW UP TO THE ARAB CONQUEST
William W. Malandra
This article presents an overview of the history of Zoroastrianism from its beginnings through the 9th and 10th centuries CE. Details of different periods and specific issues relating to Zoroastrianism are discussed in the relevant separate entries.
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ZOROASTRIANISM ii. Historical Review: from the Arab Conquest to Modern Times
Jamsheed K. Choksy
As Zoroastrians in the seventh century began slowly but steadily adopting Islam, the magi attempted to preserve their religion’s beliefs, traditions, and lore by writing them down.
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ESCHATOLOGY i. In Zoroastrianism and Zoroastrian Influence
Shaul Shaked
Faith in the events beyond life on this earth is attested in the Zoroastrian scriptures from the very first, from the Gāθās. This faith developed and became central to later Zoroastrianism so that it colors almost all aspects of the religious life.
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EARTH IN ZOROASTRIANISM
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See ELEMENTS i.
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CLEANSING
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This article treats cleansing practices in Zoroastrianism and in Islamic Persia.
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DEATH (2)
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IN RELIGIONS OTHER THAN ZOROASTRIANISM. See CORPSE and BURIAL.
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ZAND
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Zoroastrian term for the literature written in Middle Persian to translate and explicate the Avestan scriptures. The supplementary explanations, which developed into the exegetical literature that we know from the Sasanian period and which are preserved in the Middle Persian/Pahlavi texts are known as the Zand, hence the expression “Avesta and Zand” or “Zand-Avesta.”
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HOMOSEXUALITY
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OVERVIEW of the entry: i. In Zoroastrianism. ii. In Islamic law. iii. In Persian literature. iv. In modern Persia. See Supplement.
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OHRMAZD
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Middle Persian name of the supreme deity in Zoroastrianism. See AHURA MAZDĀ.
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XRAFSTAR
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(Avestan xrafstra-) “evil animals” in Zoroastrianism. See MAMMALS iii. The Classification of Mammals and the Other Animal Classes according to Zoroastrian Tradition.
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DEITY
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See under ACHAEMENID RELIGION; AHRIMAN; AHURA MAZDĀ; MANICHEISM ii. The Manichean Pantheon; ZOROASTRIANISM; SHIʿITE DOCTRINE.
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ZOROASTRIANS IN IRAN
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The subject of the history and status of the Zoroastrian communities of Iran.
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BILIMORIA, NUSHERWANJI FRAMJI
Kaikhusroo M. JamaspAsa
(1852-1922), Zoroastrian journalist, editor, and publisher.
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DENŠAPUH
James Russell
short form of Vehdenšapuh; Sasanian hambārakapet (quartermaster) involved in the campaign of Yazdagerd II (438-57) to force Christian Armenians to abjure their faith and return to Zoroastrianism; a gem bearing his name is preserved in the British Museum in London.
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AKŌMAN
J. Duchesne-Guillemin
“Evil Mind,” a term personified as a demon in Zoroastrianism.
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BEHDĪN
James R. Russell
“the Good Religion,” i.e., Zoroastrianism, or one of its adherents, in modern usage, specifically of the laity.
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ĀZŪITI-
M. Boyce
an Avestan word meaning “oblation of fat,” also a divine being representing Fatness or Plenty.
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Z~ CAPTIONS OF ILLUSTRATIONS
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list of all the figure and plate images in the Z entries
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ABZŌN
M. F. Kanga
Middle Persian term meaning “prosperity, increase” in Zoroastrianism.