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Peshotanu (Avestan Pəšōtanu,
Middle Persian Peshyotan, Peshotan) is an
eschatological figure of the
medieval texts of
Zoroastrian tradition, in particular...
- A
Peshotanu,
meaning one who pays with his body,
according to
Avestan terminology, is a
person who had
either been
condemned to or
previously subjected...
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executions were
exceedingly rare, if they
occurred at all.[page needed] A
Peshotanu was a
condemned person Ancient Persia. A
further example comes from Ancient...
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denounce him as a
heinous criminal; and his
younger son
Bashutan (Avestan
Peshotanu)
condemns him as a
wanton destroyer of Iran. As in
Zoroastrian tradition...
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Astyages and
Cyrus the
Great Era.
Iranian Gladiators Gladiators Esfandiyār,
Peshotanu,
Bahman Zabolian Gladiators Gladiators Rostam, Zavara, Faramarz,...
- in the
hands of
their fathers." The Zend
Avesta imposes a
sentence of
Peshôtanu (200 lashes) on a
woman who, out of fear of discovery, "brings on menses"...
