Word Meanings - AVESTA - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The Zoroastrian scriptures. See Zend-Avesta.

Related words: (words related to AVESTA)

• ZOROASTRIAN
  Of or pertaining to Zoroaster, or his religious system.
• AVESTA
  The Zoroastrian scriptures. See Zend-Avesta.
• AVESTAN
  Of or pertaining to the Avesta or the language of the Avesta. - -n.
• ZOROASTRIANISM
  The religious system of Zoroaster, the legislator and prophet of the ancient Persians, which was the national faith of Persia; mazdeism. The system presupposes a good spirit and an opposing evil spirit . Cf. Fire worship, under Fire, and Parsee.
• ZEND-AVESTA
  The sacred writings of the ancient Persian religion, attributed to Zoroaster, but chiefly of a later date. (more info) its zend, or interpretation, in a more modern and intelligible