biography
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Zoroaster
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Greek form of Zarathustra
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pronunciation:
[zorohaster]
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| male
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| lived:
| (6th-c BC)
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| biography:
| Iranian prophet and founder of the ancient Parsee religion which bears his name. He had visions of Ahura Mazda, which led him to preach against polytheism. He appears as a historical person only in the earliest portion of the Avesta. As the centre of a group of chieftains, he carried on a struggle for the establishment of a holy agricultural state against Turanian and Vedic aggressors. |
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