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Wikipedia's article on the barashnum, the great Zoroastrian purification rite, consulted 2026-08-11.

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3
Wikipedia's article on the barashnum, the great Zoroastrian purification rite, the lower tier reflecting that it is a crowd sourced, not independently peer reviewed encyclopedia entry, reliable for standard identifying facts and less reliable for ritual detail specific to the closed practice, which a dedicated specialist source would need to settle.
Notes
Wikipedia's article on the barashnum, consulted 2026-08-11. A perpetually community-edited reference page rather than a peer-reviewed publication; used here for the term's own Zend etymology and for Fargard 9 of the Vendidad's specific procedural prescription, standard reference facts distinct from the atlas's three existing library citations on the rite's textual basis, its purification sequence and its modern extent among Zoroastrian communities.
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Wikipedia contributors
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Wikipedia
Publication Year
2026
URL
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barashn%C3%BBm
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reference
Claims Backed By This Source (12 claims)

This source backs 12 claims across the atlas. As facts: 11 well-attested. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

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  • Sources, 8 claims: 8 well-attested.
  • Practices, 4 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 general references.

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11

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1

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