Ahura Mazda

noun Zoroastrianism.

the supreme creative deity, the creator of Gayomart whose omnipotence is challenged by Angra Mainyu.

Also called Mazda, Ohrmazd, Ormazd, Ormuzd.

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Historical Examples of ahura mazda

Ahura-Mazda has granted us the blessed child to cheer our later years.
The Weird Orient
Henry Iliowizi
Ahura-Mazda had no control over this Power of evil; all he could do was to baffle him.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume I
John Lord
Ahura-Mazda himself is "true," "the father of all truth," and his worshippers are bound to conform themselves to his image.
The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 5. (of 7): Persia
George Rawlinson
No images of Ahura-mazda, or of the Izeds, profaned the severe simplicity of an Iranic temple.
The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 3. (of 7): Media
George Rawlinson
Then the pious soul went joyfully onward to Ahura-mazda, to the immortal saints, to the golden throne, to Paradise.
The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 3. (of 7): Media
George Rawlinson

British Dictionary definitions for ahura mazda

Ahura Mazda

noun

Zoroastrianism another name for Ormazd

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Word Origin and History for ahura mazda

Ahura Mazda

from Avestan ahura- "spirit, lord," from Indo-Iranian *asuras, from suffixed form of PIE root *ansu- "spirit" (see Asgard) + Avestan mazda- "wise," from PIE *mens-dhe- "to set the mind," from root *men- "to think" (see mind (n.)).