Zend-Avesta

American  

[zend-uh-ves-tuh] / ˌzɛnd əˈvɛs tə /

noun

Zoroastrianism.

1. the Avesta together with the Zend.

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Zend-Avesta British  

/ ˌzɛndəvɛsˈteɪɪk, ˌzɛndəˈvɛstə /

noun

1. the Avesta together with the traditional interpretative commentary known as the Zend, esp as preserved in the Avestan language among the Parsees

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Other Word Forms

• Zend-Avestaic adjective

Etymology

Origin of Zend-Avesta

From the Pahlavi word avastāk-u-zend the text and its interpretation

Example Sentences

And the Persian bible, the Zend-Avesta, in like manner predicts that "a star, with a tail in course of its revolution, will strike the earth and set it on fire."

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For pure, unadulterated malevolence, the Vedas, the Shaster, the Zend-Avesta, afford no parallel for this truly Christian doctrine.

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I have just read the first half of Fechner's "Zend-Avesta," a wonderful book, by a wonderful genius.

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None were omitted,—the Zend-Avesta, the Upanishads, the Vedas, the Mahabharata—with its jewel the Bhagavad-Gitâ,—the Egyptian Book of the Dead,—the Talmud and the Koran.

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It is in any case no doubt identical with the demon Aeshma of the Zend-Avesta and the Pahlavi texts.

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