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|description=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) {{ctd-source|TG}}. | |description=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) {{ctd-source|TG}}. | ||
|quotes=H. P. Blavatsky | |||
The bibliography recommends The Zend-Avesta in the Sacred Books of the East series: parts I-II translated by James Darmesteter and part III by L. H. Mills (volumes IV, XXIII and XXXI). {{ctd-source|BCW|2|522}}. | |||
|quotes=H. P. Blavatsky; Zirkoff, Boris | |||
|ctd rus=Авеста | |||
|categories=Zoroastrianism | |||
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Revision as of 13:01, 9 October 2026
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).
The bibliography recommends The Zend-Avesta in the Sacred Books of the East series: parts I-II translated by James Darmesteter and part III by L. H. Mills (volumes IV, XXIII and XXXI). (BCW 2:522).
Some links:
- Quotes: H. P. Blavatsky, Zirkoff, Boris
- CTD article in Russian: Авеста
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Shortly: Lit., “the Law”. From the old Persian Âbastâ, “the law”. The sacred Scriptures of the Zoroastria...