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Definition of Avesta

Avesta
Avesta A*ves"ta, n. The Zoroastrian scriptures. See Zend-Avesta.

Meaning of Avesta from wikipedia

- The Avesta (/əˈvɛstə/, Persian: اوستا, romanized: avestâ) is the primary collection of religious literature of Zoroastrianism, in which all texts are composed...
- The Avesta is the primary collection of sacred texts of Zoroastrianism. Avesta may also refer to: Avesta Muni****lity (Avesta kommun), one of 290 muni****lities...
- 𐬨𐬀𐬰𐬛𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬯𐬥𐬀) or Beh-dīn (بهدین), is an Iranian religion centred on the Avesta and the teachings of Zarathushtra Spitama, who is more commonly referred...
- Avesta Muni****lity (Avesta kommun) is one of 290 muni****lities of Sweden. It is in Dalarna County, in the central part of the country, and its seat...
- the texts, hence the misnomer "Zend-Avesta" for the Avesta. In priestly use, however, "Zand-i-Avesta" or "Avesta-o-Zand" merely identified m****cripts...
- (Avestan 𐬙𐬏𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬌𐬀, tūriia) is the ethnonym of a group mentioned in the Avesta, i.e., the collection of sacred texts of Zoroastrianism. In those texts...
- The Sasanian Avesta or Great Avesta refers to the anthology of Zoroastrian literature produced during the Sasanian period. Most of this work is now lost...
- 2001, p. 243, n.18. "AVESTA: YASNA (English): Chapters 0-8". avesta.org. "AVESTA: KHORDA AVESTA: Niyayeshes (Litanies)". avesta.org. Franz Grenet, "MITHRA...
- Avesta (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈɑ̂ːvɛsta]) is a locality and the seat of Avesta Muni****lity in Dalarna County, Sweden, with 11,949 inhabitants in 2015...
- times in the later parts of the Avesta. The Tuiryas as they were called in Avesta play a more important role in the Avesta than the Sairimas, Sainus and...