Quotes:Avesta

H. P. Blavatsky

Avesta. 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).

Source: H. P. Blavatsky, The Theosophical Glossary, art. Avesta