Ahura

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Title of the three members of the ahuric triad – Ahura Mazda, Ahura Mithra, and Ahura Berezant Apam Napat – that regulate (or, in the case of Mazda, create) the physical and moral order (asha).
noun
  1. A member of the ahuric triad.

Word forms

Ahura ahuras

Etymology

Transliteration of Avestan 𐬀𐬵𐬎𐬭𐬀 (ahura, “lord”). Doublet of Asura.

Related words

Derived words

ahuric
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