-
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...
-
without a
masiqta (death m****). It is
believed in
Zoroastrianism that the
Peshotanu was
taken up into
heaven alive[citation needed] and will
someday return...
-
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...
-
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"...
