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Definition of Ahura
1. Noun. (Zoroastrianism) title for benevolent deities.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ahura
Literary usage of Ahura
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. Ancient Ideals: A Study of Intellectual and Spiritual Growth from Early by Henry Osborn Taylor (1913)
"But the co-ordination of the evil spirit with ahura is not forever. In the end
evil shall be annihilated, and ahura come to all-comprehensive exclusive ..."
3. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1912)
"ahura became the chief or sole deity in Persia; India developed an ... To his
people he introduced as their one god ahura Mazda—probably in essence not a ..."
4. Civilization of the Eastern Irānians in Ancient Times: With an Introduction by Wilhelm Geiger, Darab-Dastur Peshotan Sanjana (1885)
"ahura MAZDA is the Ruler and King of the invisible, as well as of the visible
... In His being ahura Mazda is a spirit. His most conspicuous attributes are ..."
5. 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, ..."
6. 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)
"There are still other lands and countries, beautiful and deep, longing and asking
for the good, and bright” MYTH OF YIMA Zarathustra asked ahura Mazda :— “0 ..."
7. Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and Progress of the Religion and by John Muir (1872)
"And this conclusion will be confirmed if we adopt the suggestion of
Professor "Whitney,210 that ahura-Mazda is a development of Varuna. ..."
8. Avesta: The Religious Books of the Parsees by Arthur Henry Bleeck, Friedrich Spiegel (1864)
"Then answered ahura-Mazda: To Yima,* the beautiful, the owner of a good flock,
... Then brought I forth to him the arms of victory, I who am ahura-Mazda. ..."
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