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A Popular Dictionary of Hinduism

Zarathushtra

(Gr. Zoroaster) the prophet who reformed Iranian religion before 1100 B.C., thereby parting it from its ancient Indo-Iranian form and its close correspondence with the ancient Vedic religion. In spite of that, many ideas can still be detected in the Zoroastrian scripture Avesta which parallel Vedism. The Avestan language (Av.) is closely akin to Vedic.

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Zarathushtra from A Popular Dictionary of Hinduism. ISBN: 0-203-98618-0. Published: 2005–05–30. ©2009 Taylor and Francis. All rights reserved.



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