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- proper noun Zoroastrianism the
hypostasis of "victory"; a higly complex figure in Zoroastrianism
Etymologies
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From Avestan. See Old Armenian Վահագն (Vahagn) for more.
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BAHR [= A] M (_Varahr [= a] n_, in Gr. [Greek: Ouararanês] or [Greek: Ouraranês], the younger form of the old _Verethragna_, the name of a Persian god, "the killer of the dragon Verethra"), the name of five Sassanid kings.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Various
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Sura the goddess of waters; Tishtrya, the star Sirius; Mithra, the divinity of light and truth; the Fravashis, or departed souls of the righteous, Verethragna, the genius of Victory and the Kavaya
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne 1840-1916 1913
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