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Ahura Mazda is the Avestan language name for an exalted divinity of ancient pro to-Indo-Iranian religion that was subsequently declared by Zarathustra (Zoroaster) to be the one uncreated creator of all (God).
Ahura Mazda is 'Auramazd?h' in Old Persian, 'Hourmazd' or 'Hormizd' in Middle Persian as well as Parthian and 'Aramazd' in the Armenian language. New Persian language usage varies, but 'Hourmazd', 'Hormuzd', 'Ohrmazd' and 'Ormazd' are common transliterations.
The Zoroastrian faith is described by its adherents as Mazdayasna, the worship of Mazda. In Zoroastrian tradition, to worship a lesser divinity is to worship Ahura Mazda, since all the divinities are but a manifestation of the Creator.
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In Manichaeism, the name Ohrmazd Bay ("god Ahura Mazda") was used for the primal figure N??? Qa?m?y?, the "original man" through whose fall the original Light became tainted with dark matter.
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