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
Avesta says most of the 82 apartments would be reserved for low-income residents.
From Washington Times • Aug. 9, 2017
And if they called the descendants of Astyages the descendants of the dragon, they obviously contracted the old cloud-demon of the Avesta, Azhi-dahaka, into Azdahag, and confounded him with Astyages.
From The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) by Duncker, Max
As an expression of the Iranian mind we have the Avesta and the Pehlevi theological literature.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" by Various
The existence of this base is further vouched for by its occurrence in the Iranian language of the Avesta under the form ava-.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" by Various
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