ahura-mazda

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ahura-mazda - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Ormazd \Or"mazd\, Ormuzd \Or"muzd\ or Ahura-Mazda
  \A`hu*ra-Maz"da\, n. [Zend Ahuramazda.] (Zoroastrianism)
     The supreme deity, the embodiment of the principle of good,
     creator of the world, source of light, and guardian of
     mankind. He is the opponent of Ahriman, the spirit of evil,
     both being sprung from Eternity, or, according to another
     version, Ahriman being the offspring of a moment of doubt on
     the part of Ormazd. Ormazd is attended by angels and
     archangels. He is represented as a bearded man inclosed in a
     winged circle, a conception probably derived from the
     Assyrian representations of Ashur.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]