Avesta
Americannoun
noun
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Peters says about 1,600 people have contacted the Avesta searching for affordable housing.
From Washington Times • Aug. 9, 2017
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Avesta says most of the 82 apartments would be reserved for low-income residents.
From Washington Times • Aug. 9, 2017
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In the form in which we have them the books of the Avesta are the work of the priests of Eastern Iran.
From The History of Antiquity Vol. V. by Duncker, Max
Yet the style and form in which we find these traditional statements in the fragments of the Avesta supply certain guides for the lost history of Eastern Iran.
From The History of Antiquity Vol. V. by Duncker, Max
These prove that the Avesta arose in the east of Iran, with even greater certainty than the songs of the Rigveda prove that that collection arose in the land of the Indus and the Panjab.
From The History of Antiquity Vol. V. by Duncker, Max
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