dakhme

Japanese: dakhme
dakhme

…Each of the six deities has a specific protection in the material world, such as fire, water, or earth. The followers especially avoided profaning these three elements, and as the common name Zoroastrianism indicates, they developed a unique form of ritual and dakhme (tower of silence) for sky burial and sky burial. Zoroaster's teachings attempted to integrate the polytheism of the time into an ethical monotheism with Ahura Mazda as the supreme god. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "dakhme" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…この6神格は物質世界にそれぞれ,火,水,大地などの特定の庇護物を有している。信徒は特にこの3要素を汚すことを避け,拝火教の通称が示すように独特の祭祀形式や,鳥葬・風葬のためのダフメdakhme(沈黙の塔)を発達させた。ゾロアスターの教説は,当時の多神教をアフラ・マズダを最高神とする倫理的一神教に統合しようとするものであった。…

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