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Tiri

Iranian god

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Iranian religions

  • religious sites of ancient Indo-Iranian peoples
    In ancient Iranian religion: Tishtrya and Tīri

    ” Astral deities seem to have figured much more prominently in ancient Iranian religion than in Vedic religion, and this may well be attributed to the influence of Babylonian science on the Iranians, particularly the western groups. In the Avesta such stars and constellations as…

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Mahākāla
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Mahākāla

Buddhist deity
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Also known as: Mgon-po
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Mahākāla, in Tibetan Buddhism, one of the eight fierce protective deities. See dharmapāla.

This article was most recently revised and updated by Amy Tikkanen.
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