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1. (n.) Zend-Avesta
the Avesta together with the Zend.
Etymology: (1690–1700; < Pahlavi avastāk-u-zend the text and its interpretation)
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1. (noun) Avesta, Zend-Avesta
a collection of Zoroastrian texts gathered during the 4th or 6th centuries
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1. (noun) zend-avesta
the sacred writings of the ancient Persian religion, attributed to Zoroaster, but chiefly of a later date
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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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