HATARIA, MANEKJI LIMJI (مانکجی لیمجی هاتریا), emissary of the Parsis of India to the Zoroastrians of Iran from 1854 to 1890…

KANGA, MANECK FARDOONJI, Parsi scholar of Zoroastrianism and Iranian languages (b. Navsari, 21 January 1908; d. Bombay, 17 October 1988;…

TAVADIA, JEHANGIR C., Parsi scholar of ancient Iranian languages and Zoroastrianism (b. in the village of Tavdi, near Navsari, 15…

STŪM (Av. staoma-, MPers. stūm, satūm, stum, Pers. satumi, Guj. astam) “(ritual of) praise” in Zoroastrianism, in  serving as a…

DHABHAR, BAHMANJI NUSSERWANJI (b. 1869 in Navsari, d. 1952 in Bombay 1952), eminent Parsi scholar of Bhagaria stock. He received his…

DADYSETH ĀTAŠ BAHRĀM, the oldest Ātaš Bahrām of Bombay, consecrated and installed according to Kadmi (see dadyseth) rites in the…

DADYSETH, Dadibhai Noshirwanji (1734-99), a distinguished Parsi philanthropist. His given name was Dadi, -bhai being a courtesy addition, Seth a…

DADYSETH AGIARY. In 1771 c.e. Dadibhai Noshirwanji Dadyseth established an agiary (see ātaškada) with an Ādarān fire for the sake of the…

MALABĀRI, BEHRĀMJI  MERWĀNJI, Parsi Zoroastrian who became a prominent Indian poet, author, and social reformer (b. Baroda [now Vadodara] in…

CHĀNGĀ ĀSĀ, an eminent Parsi layman who lived in the 15th-16th centuries a.d. at Navsari in Gujarat. In a passage…

JIWĀM (Pahl. and Pers. jīwām, jīw, jum, jām), “(consecrated) milk,” derives from Av. jīuuiiąm, gąm jīuuiiąm. It is the designation…

HĒRBEDESTĀN (school for priests, religious school), a Middle Persian term designating (1) Zoroastrian priestly studies and (2) an Avestan/Pahlavi text…

NĪRANGDĪN CEREMONY, a Zoroastrian ritual to consecrate gōmēz, or bull’s urine; the consecrated liquid is known as nīrang or nīrangdīn….