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aúra-masda
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ahura mazda
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ahura mazda
Chief deity of Zoroastrianism; source of light and embodiment of good.
Ormuzd
Ahura Mazda
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aúra-masda
1
Here
Ormazd
holds a tribunal and decides the fate of the souls.
2
Ahura Mazda or
Ormazd
is the King of Light; the Good.
3
Everything earthly in the light-world of
Ormazd
had its protecting deity.
4
The Achaemenian kings joined him occasionally with
Ormazd
in their invocations.
5
But
Ormazd
placed them under the control of his planets to restrain them.
6
The Zarathustrian law created by
Ormazd
I take as a plummet.
7
He is uncaused, co-eternal with
Ormazd
,
engaged in a perpetual warfare with him.
8
These, with
Ormazd
,
are the seven Amshaspands enumerated on page 197.
9
Lesser Deities subject to
Ormazd
:
Mithra, Serosh, Vayu, Airyanam, Vitraha, etc.
10
The sympathy was increased by the fact that the religion of
Ormazd
was anti-idolatrous.
11
He was the special messenger of
Ormazd
,
and the head of his celestial army.
12
Eventually, in the great world catastrophe, he will be defeated by
Ormazd
and disappear.
13
The supremacy of
Ormazd
was from first to last admitted.
14
In processions his chariot, drawn by milk-white horses, followed closely on that of
Ormazd
.
15
Whatever good thing
Ormazd
creates, Ahriman corrupts and ruins it.
16
They were originally innocent and made for heaven, and worshipped
Ormazd
as their creator.
Portuguese
aúra-masda
aura-masda
aura masda
Catalan
ahura mazda
Spanish
ahura mazda