Avesta

[ uh-ves-tuh ]

/ əˈvɛs tə /

a collection of sacred Zoroastrian writings, including the Gathas.

Example sentences from the Web for avesta

We proceed to a second point—the Creation as related in Genesis and the Avesta.

Chips From A German Workshop - Volume I |Friedrich Max Mller
We know the importance ascribed in the Avesta to the number seven—the seven supreme deities, and the seven girdles of the earth.

The History of Antiquity |Max Duncker
But, anciently, the word Zend implied something more than a simple interpretation of the Avesta, or sacred texts.

Curiosities of Superstition |W. H. Davenport Adams
We have but few indications in the Avesta from which to draw conclusions as to the state of civilisation.

The History of Antiquity |Max Duncker

In the Avesta a part of them have simply the name of the spirits of deception, of the Druj.

The History of Antiquity |Max Duncker

Avesta

/ (əˈvɛstə) /

a collection of sacred writings of Zoroastrianism, including the Songs of Zoroaster