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Avesta
(Zend.)
Lit., “the Law”. From the old Persian Âbastâ, “the law”. The sacred Scriptures of the Zoroastrians. Zend means in the “Zend‐Avesta”—a “commentary” or “interpretation”. It is an error to regard “ Zend” as a language, as “it was applied only to explanatory texts, to the translations of the Avesta”(Darmsteter) (TG).
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Shortly: Lit., “the Law”. From the old Persian Âbastâ, “the law”. The sacred Scriptures of the Zoroastria...