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Zoroastrianism and Ancient Iranian Religion

Purity and Pollution in Zoroastrianism

Triumph over Evil

by Jamsheed K. Choksy

A study of Zoroastrian purity laws and purification rituals from the Avesta to modern Iran and India. Choksy explains how rules about death, the body and the sacred elements express the religion's struggle against evil.

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