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Ahura Mazda
Lord of Wisdom God of the Sky
Sassanid-era relief at Naqsh-e Rostam depicting Ahura Mazda presenting the diadem of sovereignty to Ardashir I
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𐬀𐬵𐬎𐬭𐬋 𐬨𐬀𐬰𐬛𐬃 اهورا مزدا
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Ahura Mazda (/əˌhʊərəˈmæzdə/;[1] Avestan: 𐬀𐬵𐬎𐬭𐬋 𐬨𐬀𐬰𐬛𐬃, romanized: Ahurō Mazdā̊; Persian: اهورا مزدا, romanized: Ahurâ Mazdâ),[n 1][n 2] also known as Oromasdes, Ohrmazd, Ormazd, Ormusd, Hoormazd, Harzoo, Hormazd, Hormaz and Hurmuz,[2] is the creator deity and god of the sky[3] in the ancient Iranian religion Zoroastrianism. He is the first and most frequently invoked spirit in the Yasna. The literal meaning of the word Ahura is "lord", and that of Mazda is "wisdom".
The first notable invocation of Ahura Mazda occurred during the Achaemenid period (c. 550–330 BC) with the Behistun Inscription of Darius the Great. Until the reign of Artaxerxes II (c. 405/404–358 BC), Ahura Mazda was worshipped and invoked alone in all extant royal inscriptions. With Artaxerxes II, Ahura Mazda was gathered in a triad with Mithra and Anahita. In the Achaemenid period, there are no known representations of Ahura Mazda at the royal court other than the custom for every emperor to have an empty chariot drawn by white horses to invite Ahura Mazda to accompany the Persian army on battles. Images of Ahura Mazda, however, were present from the 5th century BC but were stopped and replaced with stone-carved figures in the Sassanid period and later removed altogether through an iconoclastic movement supported by the Sassanid dynasty.
^"Ahura Mazda | Definition of Ahura Mazda by Merriam-Webster". Merriam-webster.com. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
^Cristian, Radu. "Ahura Mazda". World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
^Wilkinson, Philip (1999). Spilling, Michael; Williams, Sophie; Dent, Marion (eds.). Illustrated Dictionary of Religions (First American ed.). New York: DK. p. 70. ISBN 0-7894-4711-8.
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specify which of the divinities other than AhuraMazda are considered to be ahuras but does mention other ahuras in the collective sense. In the Fravaraneh...
derived from AhuraMazda, the god of harmony, intelligence and wisdom in Zoroastrianism, as well as from the surname of the founder, Matsuda. Mazda began as...
Spenta Mainyu, the "holy/creative spirits/mentality", or directly of AhuraMazda, the highest deity of Zoroastrianism. The Middle Persian equivalent is...
before the rise of Zoroastrianism. The major deities worshipped were AhuraMazda and Mithra from Iran to Rome, but Atar was also worshipped, as names...
the Gathas. As a member of the Iranian ahuric triad, along with AhuraMazda and Ahura Berezaiti (Apam Napat), Mithra is an exalted figure. Together with...
hordes of demonic Divs and their Aneran supporters, versus the Creator AhuraMazda, who although not participating in the day-to-day affairs of mankind...
considered holy. The yazatas collectively are "the good powers under AhuraMazda", who is "the greatest of the yazatas". Yazata is an Avestan-language...
such as in the first Yasht, dedicated to AhuraMazda, in which the "fifth name is the whole good existence of Mazda, the seed of Asha" ( Yasht 1.7). Similarly...
holy/bounteous/furthering") are a class of seven divine entities emanating from AhuraMazda, the highest divinity of the religion. Later Middle Persian variations...
AhuraMazda and Ardashir I is a rock relief from Sasanian Persia. It is also known as The inscription of Ardashir-e Babakan and Hormozd or Coronation...
order to it. AhuraMazda is the name for God used in Zoroastrianism. "Mazda", or rather the Avestan stem-form Mazdā-, nominative Mazdå, reflects Proto-Iranian...
omniscient Creator AhuraMazda asks Yima, a good shepherd, to receive his law and bring it to men. However, Yima refuses, and so AhuraMazda charges him with...
beauty of life, secondly the religion of AhuraMazda to humanity, as Sraosha himself learned it from AhuraMazda. This is only obliquely alluded to in these...
and Naqsh-e Rustam. In his petroglyph in Naqsh-e Rustam, Ardashir and AhuraMazda are opposite to each other on horsebacks and the corpses of Artabanus...
of Zoroastrianism. The deity and his name were derived from the deity AhuraMazda after the Median conquest of Armenia in the 6th century BC. Aramazd was...
sanctuary. In his inscription, Xerxes records that "by the favour of AhuraMazda I destroyed that establishment of the daivas and I proclaimed, 'The daivas...
equal-but-opposite twins, AhuraMazda and Angra Mainyu. Zurvanism is also known as "Zurvanite Zoroastrianism", and may be contrasted with Mazdaism. In Zurvanism,...
monotheistic religion that believes that AhuraMazda is the eternal creator of all good things. Any violations of AhuraMazda's order arise from druj, which is...
received the religion from AhuraMazda. The Avesta also names it as the first of the "sixteen perfect lands" that AhuraMazda created for the Iranians....
In Zoroastrianism, there are 101 names and titles used to refer to AhuraMazda. The list is preserved in Persian, Pazend, and Gujarati. The names are...
who revealed himself as Vohu Manah (Good Purpose) and taught him about AhuraMazda (Wise Lord) and five other radiant figures. Zoroaster soon became aware...
deity AhuraMazda, or the "Wise Lord" (Ahura meaning "Lord" and Mazda meaning "Wisdom" in Avestan), omniscient although not omnipotent. AhuraMazda existed...
follows: The twenty-one nasks ("books") of the Avesta were created by AhuraMazda and brought by Zoroaster to his patron Vishtaspa (Denkard 4A, 3A). Supposedly...
purifying and consecrating several fires is to purify and return to AhuraMazda His first pure creation in its pristine form, to become a focus of worship...
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