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Webster 1913 Edition
Zend-Avesta
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Zendˊ-A-ves′ta
,Noun.
[Properly, the
Avesta
, or sacred text, and its zend
, or interpretation, in a more modern and intelligible language. W. D. Whitney.
] The sacred writings of the ancient Persian religion, attributed to Zoroaster, but chiefly of a later date.