Avesta Definition

ə-vĕstə
noun
The body of sacred writings of the Zoroastrian religion.
American Heritage
The sacred writings of the Zoroastrian religion.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
pronoun

(Zoroastrianism) The sacred texts of Zoroastrianism, composed in the Avestan language.

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adjective

(dated) Avestan language.

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Origin of Avesta

  • From Persian اوستا

    From Wiktionary

  • Short for Zend-Avesta

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Avesta Sentence Examples

  • The earlier conception of Varuna is singularly similar to that of Ahuramazda of the Avesta.

  • The Avesta is, indeed, our principal source for the doctrine of Zoroaster; on the subject of his person and his life it is comparatively reticent; with regard to his date it is, naturally enough, absolutely silent.

  • Darmesteter has failed to realize sufficiently the distinction between the Zoroaster of the later Avesta and the Zoroaster of the Gathas.

  • It cannot be denied that in the later Avesta, and still more in writings of more recent date, he is presented in a legendary light and endowed with superhuman powers.

  • The Gathas alone within the Avesta make claim to be the ipsissima verba of the prophet; in the rest of that work they are put into Zoroaster's own mouth (Yasna, 9, 1) and are expressly called "the Gathas of the holy Zoroaster" (Yasna, 57, 8).

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