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  • Abadian, a sect, 463
  • Abbasids, 320, 321, 440
  • aberetar, 254
  • Abode of Praise, see Garonmana
  • Abraham, 309
  • Abu Muslim, 439
  • Achaemenian kings, devout worshippers of Mazda, 132
    • statues of divinities erected by the, 132, 148, 149, 226
    • their religion, 131–134
    • their tolerance towards other faiths, 131
  • achishta ahu, worst existence, 106, 287
  • Achishta Manah, Worst Mind, 91
  • achishtahya demana manangho, abode of the Worst Mind, 106
  • Adarbad Hemed, 5
  • Adarbad Mahraspand, composed Pazend prayers, 323, 379
    • submitted to an ordeal, 319, 320, 364
    • worked for the revival of Zoroastrianism, 319, 325, 381
  • Adityas, 40, 47, 70
  • Aeshma (Phl Eshm), 95, 273, 403
  • Afrasiab, see Franrasyan.
  • Agha Mohammed Khan, 439, 440
  • Aghashi, 275
  • Aghrerat, 427
  • Agni, 69, 70, 221, 223–225
  • agnosticism, 485
  • agriculture, praise of, 67
  • Ahriman, see Angra Mainyu
  • Ahuirya Zarathushtri, 178
  • Ahuna Vairya, 4, 200, 201
  • Ahura-dhata, 154,
  • Ahura Mazda (Old Pers. Auramazda, Phl. Ormazd), 30–35, 154–157, 350–356
  • Ahura-tkaesho, 154, 178
  • Ahurani, 230, 231
  • Aighash, 406
  • ainika, Skt. anika, 184
  • Airyaman, 74, 203, 204
  • Airyaman Ishya, 200, 201
  • Airyana Vaejah (Phl. Iranvej), 8–10, 139
  • aka daena, 178
  • Aka Manah (Phl. Akoman), 91, 92, 265, 266, 399, 400
  • Aka Mainyu, 90
  • Akatasha (Phl. Akatash), 275, 405
  • Akhenaten, 28
  • Akhshiyan, a sect, 464
  • Akhshti, 198, 199
  • Akhtya, 137
  • Akoman, see Aka Manah
  • Alarian, a sect, 464
  • Alexander the Great, consigned the Zoroastrian scriptures to the flames, 293
  • Alexandria, 158
  • allegorical method, the, 461, 462, 492, 493
  • al-Muqanna, 349
  • alphabet, Arabic, Pahlavi, Persian, 5, 321
  • Amardad, see Ameretat
  • Amasis, 224
  • Amen, 27, 69
  • Amenhetep III, 47
  • Amenhetep IV, 28, 29
  • Amen Ra, 27, 69
  • Ameretat (Phl. Amardad), 60, 61, 171, 172, 367
  • Amesha Spentas (Phl Amshaspands), 39–41, 161–164, 357–367
  • Amos, 151
  • Anaghra Raochah, 214, 215, 285
  • anaghra temah, Endless Darkness, 287
  • Anahita, see Ardvi Sura Anahita
  • Anaitis, 226, 296
  • anarete, 165
  • anathema, power of, 202
  • ancestor-worship, see Fravashis
  • angels, see Yazatas
  • angra, 89, 90, 259
  • Angra Mainyu (Phl. Ahriman, Gana Menu), 8, 9, 89, 90, 259–261, 356, 391–397
  • Anquetil du Perron, 444, 472, 473, 487
  • Anrak Menu, 391
  • Antiochus I, pays homage to Iranian divinities, 303, 330
  • Anu, 29, 69
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