火廟
火廟（آتشکده）是伊朗（波斯）古老宗教祆教信徒的禮拜場所[1][2][3]。在祆教裡的火和水，被視為宗教儀式中純淨的代表。乾淨、白色「用於淨化儀式的灰被視為日常生活禮拜的基礎。」這「本質上是適合家庭生火的儀式，而火廟內的爐火則更加地莊嚴肅穆[4]。」一個「手裡拿著燃料向火獻祭的人……，將獲得幸福」[5]。
| 火廟 | |
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| آتشکده | |
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| 宗教 | 祆教 |
截至2021年為止，全球共有167座火廟，其中的45座位於孟買，印度其他地區則有105座，其他國家設有17座[6][7]。其中只有9座火廟（伊朗1座，印度8座）是被稱為阿塔什·貝拉姆的主要火廟，剩下的是被稱為阿吉亞里斯（agiarys）的較小火廟。
參見
參考文獻
- ^ Boyce 1975.
- ^ Boyce, Mary, Dar-e Mehr, Encyclopaedia Iranica 6, Costa Mesa: Mazda Pub: 669–670, 1993 [2023-04-10], （原始內容存檔於2023-06-11）
- ^ Kotwal, Firoz M., Some Observations on the History of the Parsi Dar-i Mihrs, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, 1974, 37 (3): 665, S2CID 162207182, doi:10.1017/S0041977X00127557
- ^ Boyce 1975，第455頁.
- ^ Yasna 62.1; Nyashes 5.7
- ^ List of Fire Temples. The Parsi Directory. [17 February 2019]. （原始內容存檔於2017-05-17）.
- ^ Mathai, Kamini. Parsis go all out to celebrate milestone in Chennai. The Times of India (Chennai: The Times Group). 12 July 2010 [24 Apr 2014]. （原始內容存檔於2019-04-18）.
參考來源
- Boyce, Mary, On the Zoroastrian Temple Cult of Fire, Journal of the American Oriental Society (Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 95, No. 3), 1975, 95 (3): 454–465, JSTOR 599356, doi:10.2307/599356
- Boyce, Mary, Ātaškada, Encyclopaedia Iranica 2, Costa Mesa: Mazda Pub: 9–10, 1987
- Drower, Elizabeth Stephens, The Role of Fire in Parsi Ritual, Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute (Royal Anthropological Institute), 1944, 74 (1/2): 75–89, JSTOR 2844296, doi:10.2307/2844296
- Gnoli, Gherardo, Bahram in old and middle Iranian texts, Encyclopaedia Iranica 3, Costa Mesa: Mazda Pub: 510–513, 1993
- Jackson, A. V. Williams. The Location of the Farnbāg Fire, the Most Ancient of the Zoroastrian Fires. Journal of the American Oriental Society. 1921, 41: 81–106. ISSN 0003-0279. JSTOR 593711
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- Shenkar, Michael, Temple Architecture in the Iranian World before the Macedonian Conquest, Iran and the Caucasus, 2007, 11 (2): 169–194, doi:10.1163/157338407X265423
- Shenkar, Michael, Temple Architecture in the Iranian World in the Hellenistic Period, In Kouremenos, A., Rossi, R., Chandrasekaran, S. (Eds.), from Pella to Gandhara: Hybridisation and Identity in the Art and Architecture of the Hellenistic East, 2011: 117–140
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