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'''Ahura Mazda''' ({{IPAc-en|ə|ˌ|h|ʊər|ə|_|ˈ|m|æ|z|d|ə}};<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ahura%20mazda |title=Ahura Mazda | Definition of Ahura Mazda by Merriam-Webster |publisher=Merriam-webster.com |access-date=2016-01-11}}</ref> {{lang-ae|{{script|Avst|𐬀𐬵𐬎𐬭𐬋 𐬨𐬀𐬰𐬛𐬃}}|translit=Ahurō Mazdā̊}}; [[Pashto]]: اهورا مزدا {{Lang-fa|اهورا مزدا|translit=Ahurâ Mazdâ}}),<ref group="n">{{lang-peo|𐏈 or 𐏉 or 𐏊 (genitive)}}; [[Old Persian cuneiform]] logograms</ref><ref group="n">{{IPA-fa|æhuːɾɒː mæzdɒː}}</ref> also known as '''Oromasdes''', '''Ohrmazd''', '''Ormazd''', '''Ormusd''', '''Hoormazd''', '''Harzoo''', '''Hormazd''', '''Hormaz''' and '''Hurmuz''',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cristian |first=Radu |title=Ahura Mazda |url=https://www.worldhistory.org/Ahura_Mazda/ |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=World History Encyclopedia |language=en}}</ref> is the [[creator deity]] and [[Sky deity|god of the sky]]<ref name=":14">{{Cite book |last=Wilkinson |first=Philip |title=Illustrated Dictionary of Religions |publisher=[[DK (publisher)|DK]] |year=1999 |isbn=0-7894-4711-8 |editor-last=Spilling |editor-first=Michael |edition=First American |location=New York |pages=70 |author-link=Philip Wilkinson (author) |editor-last2=Williams |editor-first2=Sophie |editor-last3=Dent |editor-first3=Marion}}</ref> in the ancient Iranian religion [[Zoroastrianism]]. He is the first and most frequently invoked spirit in the ''[[Yasna]]''. The literal meaning of the word ''[[Wikt:Ahura|Ahura]]'' is "lord", and that of ''[[Wikt:Mazda|Mazda]]'' is "wisdom".
The first notable invocation of Ahura Mazda occurred during the [[Achaemenid Empire|Achaemenid period]] ({{Circa|550–330 BC}}) with the [[Behistun Inscription]] of [[Darius the Great]]. Until the reign of [[Artaxerxes II]] ({{Circa|405/404–358 BC}}), Ahura Mazda was worshipped and invoked alone in all extant royal inscriptions. With Artaxerxes II, Ahura Mazda was gathered in a triad with [[Mithra]] and [[Anahita]]. In the Achaemenid period, there are no known representations of Ahura Mazda at the royal court other than the custom for every emperor to have an empty chariot drawn by white horses to invite Ahura Mazda to accompany the [[Military history of Iran#Achaemenid Era|Persian army]] on battles. Images of Ahura Mazda, however, were present from the 5th century BC but were stopped and replaced with stone-carved figures in the [[Sasanian Empire|Sassanid period]] and later removed altogether through an [[Iconoclasm|iconoclastic]] movement supported by the [[Sasanian dynasty|Sassanid dynasty]].
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