Zend-avesta

from avesta

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From avesta

Definition

A sacred Persian scripture written in the Avestan language.

Etymology

Borrowed from the Avestan 'Zend-Avesta', which literally means 'commentary and text'. This term was adopted into Indonesian as the name of the sacred scripture of Zoroastrianism, written in the ancient Avestan language.

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