AVESTA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A collection of Zoroastrian texts gathered during the 4th or 6th centuries

Synonyms:

Avesta; Zend-Avesta

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Instance hypernyms:

religious text; religious writing; sacred text; sacred writing (writing that is venerated for the worship of a deity)

Derivation:

Avestan (of or pertaining to the Avesta (sacred text of Zoroastrianism))

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