Zurvanism
A tradition no longer extant within Zoroastrianism. The disagreements in the sources are shown rather than settled.
Zurvanism is recorded within Zoroastrianism and is no longer extant. Also written Zurvanite Zoroastrianism, Zervanism.
Origin
No founding year is given below, because the sources read do not agree on one and a date has not been chosen for them. No founder or founding date. A theological current centred on Zurvan (Time) as the principle prior to the twin spirits of Yasna 30.3–5; Encyclopaedia Iranica describes it as having represented a dominant interpretation of Zoroastrian theology at the Sasanian court.
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Citation
English
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John Shaqi. “Zurvanism.” English version. 11 August 2026. https://johnshaqi.com/articles/sect-zurvanism.
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note = {Accessed n.d.}
}The word count is counted from this edition. The minute estimate uses 238 words a minute, the silent reading rate for English non-fiction reported by Brysbaert (2019). The Urdu, Hindi and Roman Urdu editions carry a word count and no estimate, because no comparable rate has been published for those scripts.