Ahura Mazda
noun
Ahu·ra Maz·da
ə-ˌhu̇r-ə-ˈmaz-də 
ä-ˌhu̇r-
: the Supreme Being represented as a deity of goodness and light in Zoroastrianism
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Nor did Adrian count himself among the 150,000 or so remaining devotees of Ahura Mazda, the benevolent and wise creator of the world, whose gift the khvarenah was traditionally understood to be.
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