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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Avesta, Zend-Avestanoun

    a collection of Zoroastrian texts gathered during the 4th or 6th centuries

Wiktionary

  1. Zend-Avestanoun

    A version of the Avesta that includes interpretation and commentary.

Wikipedia

  1. zend-avesta

    Zend or Zand (Middle Persian:

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  1. zend-avesta

    The Zend-Avesta is the sacred book of Zoroastrianism, an ancient Persian religion. It is a collection of religious texts that includes hymns, prayers, rituals, and teachings, believed to have been composed by Zoroaster (Zarathustra), the founder of the religion. The term "Zend-Avesta" is sometimes used to refer specifically to the interpretation and commentary on the Avesta provided by the later Zoroastrian scholars.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Zend-Avestanoun

    the sacred writings of the ancient Persian religion, attributed to Zoroaster, but chiefly of a later date

  2. Etymology: [Properly, the Avesta, or sacred text, and its zend, or interpretation, in a more modern and intelligible language. W. D. Whitney.]

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

  1. Zend-Avesta

    the name given to the sacred writings of the Guebres or Parsees, ascribed to Zoroaster, of which he was more the compiler than the author, and of which many are now lost; they represent several stages of religious development, and as a whole yield no consistent system.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of zend-avesta in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of zend-avesta in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9


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  • జెండ్-నకలు ప్రతులుTelugu

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