Avesta

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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...