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Atar, Atash, Azar (Avestan: 𐬁𐬙𐬀𐬭, romanized: ātar) or Dāštāɣni, [1] is the Zoroastrian concept of holy fire, sometimes described in abstract terms as "burning and unburning fire" or "visible and invisible fire" (Mirza, 1987:389). It is considered to be the visible presence of Ahura Mazda and his Asha through the eponymous Yazata.
Fire is one of the elements that was praised and venerated by the ancient Iranians. Fire is in the Avesta as Atash or Atar, in Pahlavi literature atour or atakhsh; or in Persian literature, fire is known as azar or athash. The guardian angel of fire is known as Atouryast in Pahlavi literature, and in Persian literature Azarizad (Azar + Izad ...
A fire temple, (Persian: درب مهر, romanized:darb-e Mehr, lit. ‘Door of Kindness’) (Gujarati: અગિયારી, romanized:agiyārī) [ a ] is the place of worship for the followers of Zoroastrianism, the ancient religion of Persia. [ 1 ][ 2 ][ 3 ] In Zoroastrianism, atar or fire, together with aban, water, are agents of ritual ...
The Persian name of the festival consists of čahāršanbe (چهارشنبه), the Persian word for Wednesday, and suri (), which has two meanings; it may mean "festive" [2] and it may also mean "scarlet" (in traditional Persian and some current local dialects in Iran), which stems from the reddish theme of fire.
The Persian toponym Atashgah (with Russian/Azerbaijani pronunciation: Atashgyakh/Ateshgah) literally means "home of fire."The Persian-origin term atesh (آتش) means "fire", and is a loanword in Azerbaijani; it is etymologically related to the Vedic अथर्वन् atharvan.
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. Old Persian texts, predating the Hellenistic period, refer to a magus as a Zurvanic, and ...
Atash. Look up Atash Behram, ataş, ateş, or آتش in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Atash may refer to: The New Persian word for Atar, the Zoroastrian concept of holy fire. Atash Behram, the highest grade of a fire that can be placed in a fire temple. Atash, Iran, a village in Khuzestan Province, Iran. Atash (newspaper), a defunct ...
The Avestan word barəsman (Iranian barzman), used in Zoroastrianism, is a cognate of this word. It is used for a bundle of sticks, later thin metal rods, that are manipulated by priests. Of bigger importance than the offering of meat was the preparation of the divine drink hauma. Like fire, hauma was considered both sacred and as a deity.