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Definition of Ahura mazda
1. Noun. Chief deity of Zoroastrianism; source of light and embodiment of good.
Definition of Ahura mazda
1. Proper noun. (Zoroastrianism) Avestan language name for a divinity exalted by Zoroaster as the one uncreated creator Creator, hence god God. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ahura Mazda
Literary usage of Ahura mazda
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"ahura mazda is a pure spirit: His chief attributes are eternity, wisdom, truth,
goodness, majesty, power. He is the Creator (datar) of all good ..."
2. Sacred Books of the East: Comprising the Vedic Hymns, Zend-Avesta by Epiphanius Wilson, Aśvaghoṣa, Samuel Beal, Friedrich Max Müller, James Darmesteter, George Sale, Dharmaraksha (1900)
"I, ahura mazda, take them to the corpses; I, ahura mazda, take them down to the
... Those plants, I, ahura mazda, rain down upon the earth, to bring food to ..."
3. The Five Great Monarchies of the Ancient Eastern World: Or, The History by George Rawlinson (1881)
"As the sixth best of regions and countries, I, Ahura-mazda, ... As the eleventh
best of regions and countries, I, Ahura- mazda, ..."
4. The World's Parliament of Religions: An Illustrated and Popular Story of the by John Henry Barrows (1893)
"The history of the world is the history of their conflict; how Angro-mainyu
invaded the world of Ahura-Mazda and marred it, ..."
5. Journal of the American Oriental Society by American Oriental Society (1889)
"Now surely spake ahura mazda to Spitama Zarathushtra the prayer of the guardian lord
... ahura mazda answered him : and comes to the earth with blessing; ..."
6. Assyrian and Babylonian Literature: Selected Translations by Robert Francis Harper (1901)
"May Ahura-mazda, together with the other gods, protect me and my sovereignty and
that ... Xerxes the great king says: Under the protection of Ahura-mazda, ..."
7. The Teachings of Zoroaster and the Philosophy of the Parsi Religion by Zoroaster, Shapurji Aspaniarji Kapadia (1905)
"Aye, let us win and conquer long life, O Ahura-Mazda ! in Thy grace, and through
Thy will may we be powerful. Mayst Thou lay hold on us to help, ..."
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