List of fire temples in Iran
A fire temple, Agiary, Atashkadeh (Template:Lang-fa), Atashgah (آتشگاه) or Dar-e Mehr (در مهر) is the place of worship for the followers of Zoroastrianism, the ancient religion of Iran (Persia).[1][2][3] In the Zoroastrian religion, fire (see atar), together with clean water (see aban), are agents of ritual purity. Clean, white "ash for the purification ceremonies [is] regarded as the basis of ritual life", which "are essentially the rites proper to the tending of a domestic fire, for the temple [fire] is that of the hearth fire raised to a new solemnity".[4] For, one "who sacrifices unto fire with fuel in his hand ..., is given happiness".[5]
List of Fire temples in Iran
References
- ^ Boyce 1975.
- ^ Boyce, Mary (1993), "Dar-e Mehr", Encyclopaedia Iranica, vol. 6, Costa Mesa: Mazda Pub, pp. 669–670
- ^ Kotwal, Firoz M. (1974), "Some Observations on the History of the Parsi Dar-i Mihrs", Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, 37 (3): 665, doi:10.1017/S0041977X00127557
- ^ Boyce 1975, p. 455.
- ^ Yasna 62.1; Nyashes 5.7
- Boyce, Mary (1975), The History of Zoroastrianism, vol. 1, Leiden: Brill, ISBN 978-90-04-10474-7, (repr. 1996)
- Rogerson, Barnaby (7 November 2013). Rogerson's Book of Numbers: The culture of numbers from 1001 Nights to the Seven Wonders of the World. Profile Books. ISBN 978-1-84765-983-5.
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