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AHURA

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Overview

AHURA (noun)
  The noun AHURA has 1 sense:

1. (Zoroastrianism) title for benevolent deitiesplay

  Familiarity information: AHURA used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


AHURA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

(Zoroastrianism) title for benevolent deities

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Ahura" is a kind of...):

Hindu deity (a deity worshipped by the Hindus)

Domain category:

Mazdaism; Zoroastrianism (system of religion founded in Persia in the 6th century BC by Zoroaster; set forth in the Zend-Avesta; based on concept of struggle between light (good) and dark (evil))


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