Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The Avesta.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The sacred scriptures of the Zoroastrian religion, ascribed to Zoroaster, and consisting of the Vendidad, the Yasna (including the Gāthās), the Yashts, and a few other pieces. Compare
Zend .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The sacred writings of the ancient Persian religion, attributed to Zoroaster, but chiefly of a later date.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun A version of the
Avesta that includesinterpretation andcommentary .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a collection of Zoroastrian texts gathered during the 4th or 6th centuries
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Zoroastrians, generally but improperly called the Zend-Avesta, are written.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913
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The language of the Zend-Avesta is the ancient east Iranian or
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) Robert Vane Russell 1894
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The Zend-Avesta is the sacred book of the sect, containing their religion and their philosophy.
Across India Or, Live Boys in the Far East Oliver Optic 1859
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Iran, whose main contribution to world culture was the triad method of self-righteousness for the sake of righteousness as written in the Zend-Avesta and later Declaration of Human Rights, was being ridiculed by all the illiterate media in the world.
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The Iranianhas its roots fromthe Zend-Avesta andmost Iranians have ironically found themselves evenmorenow, than anytime before, as Iranian first, and something else second.
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The Shahanshah, who did not profess to know much about the Zend-Avesta, nevertheless found The Iranian in him, when he read The Shahnameh (which is a bad copy of the Khodayeh-Namak).
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It is the most revered and ancient pride that stems from our holy book, the Zend-Avesta.
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This and its variations Anahita and Anitis were the Persian and Armenian names for Venus, the star of Ishtar and Astarte, Mother Goddess of the Zend-Avesta; ruler of waters, stars, and Fate.
Archive 2008-03-01 Jan 2008
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As a person who believes in the tenets of non-violence as enshrined in our Holy Zend-Avesta, we need to give them a safe passage.
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Cyrus the Great brought peace to the area by rising above the religious issue and saw in the humanitarian ways of the Zend-Avesta.
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