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AHRIMAN (Gr. 'Apecavios in Aristotle, or 'Apeiav+7s in Agathias; in the Avesta, Angr3 Mainyush)" the Destructive Spirit ") , the name of the principle of evil in the dualistic doctrine
Persian inscriptions . In the Avesta he is called the twin-brother of the Holy Spirits
Ormazd or with Ormazd himself. He is the all-destroying Satan, the source of all evil in the world and, like Ormazd, exists since the beginning of the world. Eventually, in . the great
catastrophe , he will be defeated by Ormazd and disappear. The later sect of the Zervanites held that both were visible manifestations of the primeval principle Zruvan akarana (Infinite Time
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