avesta : Idioms & Phrases

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zend-avesta

  • noun a collection of Zoroastrian texts gathered during the 4th or 6th centuries
    Avesta.
WordNet
Zend`-A*ves"ta noun
Etymology
Properly, the Avesta, or sacred text, and its zend, or interpretation, in a more modern and intelligible language. W. D. Whitney.
Definitions
  1. The sacred writings of the ancient Persian religion, attributed to Zoroaster, but chiefly of a later date.
Webster 1913