Definitions for Zoroaster
ˈzɔr oʊˌæs tər, ˈzoʊr-, ˌzɔr oʊˈæs tər, ˌzoʊr-zoroast·er

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1. Zoroaster, Zarathustranoun

   Persian prophet who founded Zoroastrianism (circa 628-551 BC)

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1. Zoroasternoun

   The persian prophet Zarathustra, who probably lived in the second millenium B. C. His treachings form the basis for the religion Zoroastrianism.

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1. Zoroasternoun

   The prophet of the ancient Iranian religion Zoroastrianism

2. Zoroasternoun

   Pseudepigraphic name used by various Greek and Latin authors of late antiquity to lend their opinions weight

3. Zoroasternoun

   Ostensible source/founder of the "mysteries" of the Roman Mysteriae Mithrae ("Mysteries of Mithras", "Mithraic Mysteries"), an astrology-centric, middle-platonic mystery cult of the 1st-4th century Roman Empire whose adherents worshiped in "caves" (i.e. Mithraea) in imitation of "Zoroaster". (Porphyry, De Antro Nympharum 6)

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1. Zoroaster

   Zoroaster, also known as Zarathustra, is regarded as the spiritual founder of Zoroastrianism. He is said to have been an Iranian prophet who founded a religious movement that challenged the existing traditions of ancient Iranian religion, and inaugurated a movement that eventually became a staple religion in ancient Iran. He was a native speaker of Old Avestan and lived in the eastern part of the Iranian plateau, but his exact birthplace is uncertain.There is no scholarly consensus on when he lived. Some scholars, using linguistic and socio-cultural evidence, suggest a dating to somewhere in the second millennium BC. Other scholars date him to the 7th and 6th centuries BC as a near-contemporary of Cyrus the Great and Darius the Great. Zoroastrianism eventually became the official state religion of ancient Iran—particularly during the era of the Achaemenid Empire—and its distant subdivisions from around the 6th century BC until the 7th century AD, when the religion itself began to decline following the Arab-Muslim conquest of Iran. Zoroaster is credited with authorship of the Gathas as well as the Yasna Haptanghaiti, a series of hymns composed in his native Avestan dialect that comprise the core of Zoroastrian thinking. Little is known about Zoroaster; most of his life is known only from these scant texts. By any modern standard of historiography, no evidence can place him into a fixed period and the historicization surrounding him may be a part of a trend from before the 10th century AD that historicizes legends and myths.

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1. zoroaster

   Zoroaster, also known as Zarathustra, was an ancient Persian prophet and religious leader who is traditionally regarded as the founder of Zoroastrianism, one of the world's oldest continuously practised religions. He is believed to have lived and taught during the 6th or 5th century BC, possibly earlier, and is credited with the authorship of the Yasna Haptanghaiti, which forms part of the primary liturgy of the Zoroastrian faith. His teachings focus on the concepts of good and evil, truth and deceit, light and darkness, and has a monotheistic approach centered on the deity Ahura Mazda.

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1. Zoroaster

   Zoroaster, also known as Zarathustra, was the Persian prophet and founder of Zoroastrianism. Though he is often mentioned as an Iranian, his birthplace is uncertain. It is now widely thought that he was born in the eastern part of the Iranian Plateau. He is credited with the authorship of the Yasna Haptanghaiti as well as the Gathas, hymns which are at the liturgical core of Zoroastrianism. Most of his life is known through the Zoroastrian texts. The language spoken by Zoroaster, Old Avestan, used for composing the Yasna Haptanghaiti and the Gathas, on archaeological and linguistic grounds, is dated to have been spoken probably in the first half of the 2nd millennium BCE.

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1. Zoroaster

   He was the man who introduced fires into warm countries. He also thanks the readers in the name of the Editor for their kind attention.

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Zoroaster in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Zoroaster in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of Zoroaster in a Sentence

1. Zoroaster:

   He who sows the ground with care and diligence acquires greater stock of religious merit than he would gain by the repetition of 10,000 prayers. Zen Zoroaster

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Zoroaster
2. ^ GCIDE
   https://gcide.gnu.org.ua/?q=Zoroaster
3. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Zoroaster
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoroaster
5. ^ ChatGPT
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6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Zoroaster
7. ^ Who Was Who?
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/984/pg984-images.html#:~:text=Zoroaster