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Avesta

American  
[uh-ves-tuh] / əˈvɛs tə /

noun

  1. a collection of sacred Zoroastrian writings, including the Gathas.


Avesta British  
/ əˈvɛstə /

noun

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

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Avesta says most of the 82 apartments would be reserved for low-income residents.

From Washington Times • Aug. 9, 2017

Peters says about 1,600 people have contacted the Avesta searching for affordable housing.

From Washington Times • Aug. 9, 2017

In the Avesta I find this: "I belong to five: to those who think good, to those who speak good, to those who do good, to those who hear, and to those who are pure."

From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 2 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures by Ingersoll, Robert Green

He was to take measures for the advancement of cultivation and the increase of the population in his province, both as fullfilling the rules of the Avesta, and in the interest of the kingdom.

From The History of Antiquity Vol. VI. (vol. VI. of VI.) by Duncker, Max

The base of the second pronoun is the same as the base of the first syllable in the Skr. ē-ṣas, this, and other connected pronouns, and also occurs in the Avesta.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" by Various