Wikipedia's first sentence called it “none other than jesus christ has been popularized in fiction by ashwin sanghi in his novel the rozabal line”. Today it says “arabic and urdu variations of the name josaphat”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Youza Asaf , Youza Asaph , Youza Asouph”. It now reads “The name Josephat in Arabic and Urdu Youza Asaf , Youza Asaph , Youza Asouph”.
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Yuz Asaf is: the name given to a sage entombed at Roza Bal in Srinagar, Kashmir , with the name "Yuz Asaf" being variously interpreted as " Josaphat " by Christians, as the title " Bodhisattva " by Buddhists, and as Kashmiri for "Son of Joseph (Yuz)" (hence Jesus of Nazareth ) by others, including Ahmadi Muslims (who, although assigning it to Jesus, assert that it meant "leader of the healed" ). The notion that Yuz Asaf was none other than Jesus Christ has been popularized in fiction by Ashwin Sanghi in his novel The Rozabal Line . an approximation of Arabic Yūdhasaf (Budasab, Buddha +Sab), as used for instance by Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari in his description of the "Sābi'ūn" (al-Tabari uses the word in different ways, here being applied to practitioners of idolatry ). In this description, Yuz Asaf is said to have called the Iranians to "Sāb" religion, which was then followed until Sami and Zoroaster came to Bistasb (i.e. Vishtaspa ) with their tenets.1
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Youza Asaf , Youza Asaph , Youza Asouph , Yuz Asaf , Yuzu Asaf , Yuzu Asif , or Yuzasaf , ( ) are Arabic and Urdu variations of the name Josaphat, and are primarily connected with Christianized and Islamized versions of the life of the Buddha found in the legend of Barlaam and Josaphat .According to Ahmadiyya thought the name Yuz Asaf is of Buddhist derivation, and possibly from Yusu or Yehoshua (Jesus) and Asaf (the Gatherer).
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Youza Asaf , Youza Asaph , Youza Asouph , Yuz Asaf , Yuzu Asaf , Yuzu Asif , or Yuzasaf , ( ) are Arabic and Urdu variations of the name Josaphat, and are primarily connected with Christianized and Islamized versions of the life of the Buddha found in the legend of Barlaam and Josaphat . According to Ahmadiyya thought, the name Yuz Asaf is of Buddhist derivation, and possibly from Yusu or Yehoshua (Jesus) and Asaf (the Gatherer).
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The name Josephat in Arabic and Urdu Youza Asaf , Youza Asaph , Youza Asouph , Yuz Asaf , Yuzu Asaf , Yuzu Asif , or Yuzasaf , ( Urdu : یوضا آصف ) are Arabic and Urdu variations of the name Josaphat, and are primarily connected with Christianized and Islamized versions of the life of the Buddha found in the legend of Barlaam and Josaphat . According to Ahmadiyya thought, the name Yuz Asaf is of Buddhist derivation, and possibly from Yusu or Yehoshua (Jesus) and Asaf (the Gatherer).
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “none other than jesus christ has been popularized in fiction by ashwin sanghi in his novel the rozabal line”. Today it says “arabic and urdu variations of the name josaphat”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Youza Asaf , Youza Asaph , Youza Asouph”. It now reads “The name Josephat in Arabic and Urdu Youza Asaf , Youza Asaph , Youza Asouph”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then
none other than jesus christ has been popularized in fiction by ashwin sanghi in his novel the rozabal line
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arabic and urdu variations of the name josaphat
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