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Magi (PLUR), [a] or magus (SING), [b] is the term for priests in Zoroastrianism and earlier Iranian religions. The earliest known use of the word magi is in the trilingual inscription written by Darius the Great , known as the Behistun Inscription .
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An 8th century Tang dynasty Chinese clay figurine of a Sogdian man wearing a distinctive cap and face veil, possibly a camel rider or even a Zoroastrian priest engaging in a ritual at a fire temple, since face veils were used to avoid contaminating the holy fire with breath or saliva; Museum of Oriental Art (Turin), Italy. [76]
The Avestan term for the sacred thread is aiwyaongana.Kustig is the later Middle Persian term. [3]The use of the kushti may have existed among the prophet Zarathushtra's earliest followers due to their prior familiarity with practices of the proto-Indo-Iranian-speaking peoples, and its Vedic analogue, the yajñopavita.
Jamshedji Sorab Kukadaru (26 May 1831 – 4 October 1900) was a Zoroastrian priest in Mumbai, India. He was revered by Zoroastrians for a number of miracles he is believed to have performed. He was well known by his contemporaries for his simple lifestyle and asceticism, as well as his unflinching adherence to priestly purity rules. Most of his ...
In lay use, the term is also used as an honorific to denote any Zoroastrian priest of any rank. Hormizd I appointed Kartir mowbadān-mowbad "high priest of priests".. The term mobad is a contraction of Old Persian magupati, the first half of the expression derived from Avestan: 𐬨𐬀𐬔𐬀, romanized: maga-, magu-and Avestan: 𐬞𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌, romanized: paiti, lit.
Jamshedji Sorab Kukadaru (1831-1900): priest and ascetic; Jehan Daruvala (born 1998): Indian racing driver. Jim Sarbh (born 1987): actor on film, stage and television. Jivanji Jamshedji Modi (1854-1933): Zoroastrian scholar, Ph.D from Heidelberg, Germany, recognition and awards, for scholarship, from Sweden, France, and Hungary.
The Patet Pashemani is a traditional prayer of repentance and is recited by the priest on behalf of the person being initiated. The sedreh is then slipped on to the initiate's forearms while reciting Yatha Ahu Vairo. The initiate then recites the din no kalmo (articles of faith of the Zoroastrian religion). With another Yahta Ahu Vairyo prayer ...