Adarbad Mahraspandan Quotes


Do not do unto others what would not be good for yourself.


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Adarbad Mahraspandan, 4th Century, Zoroastrian High Priest and Prime Minister of Persia, Counsels of Adarbad Mahraspandan

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Ādurbād-ī Mahraspand ("Ādurbād, son of Mahraspand") was an influential Zoroastrian high priest (mowbedan mowbed) during the reign of the Sasanian king (shah) Shapur II (r. 309–379).