How is the name Gundapar derived

 Gondo Persian: The name of Gundapar was not

a personal name, rather, derived from the East

Iranian name Wind, Windafarn (Parthian), and

J, Gandapar (Middle Persian). Seek Glory" (cf.

Greek Int, Intference)), which was also the

name of one of the six Emperors who crowned

King of kings Achimenid King (Emperor) the

Great (r. 522 BC - 486 BC) helped capture the

throne.. In old Armenian, it's "gustafar".

"Gandaparna" was apparently the Eastern

Iranian form of that name.

Ernest Herzfield claims to be named after the

Afghan city of Qandahar, which he named after

Gundofron

Gondofirus: The name was translated in

Armenian into "Gastafir", and then translated

into Western languages into "Gasbar, Gazpas,

Casper, Gezabar". He may be "Gasbar the

Treasurer and King of Persia", which is the

Christian books and Eastern Christian

traditions. According to the Bible, Gasper was

one of only three magicians who participated in

Christ's birth. Through this mutual interaction

and association, Gasper was adopted by the

Europeans (and in Western tradition) as a male

name.

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