Results for zend-avesta

Definitions of zend-avesta:

part of speech: noun

The sacred book or scriptures of the anc. Pers. religion; properly the Avesta or sacred text, and the Zend or translation into a more intelligible language.

part of speech: noun

The collective name for the sacred writings of the Guebers or Parsees, ascribed to Zoroaster, and reverenced as a bible or sole rule of faith and practice. It consists of several divisions, of which the oldest is written in the primitive Zend language. It is often called the AVESTA.