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单词 Avesta
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Definition of Avesta in English:

Avesta

nounəˈvɛstəəˈvestə
  • The sacred texts of Zoroastrianism, compiled in the 4th century.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • During the reign of the Medes, the Iranians adopted the Babylon Cuneiform symbols and later they created the Avesta and Pahlavi scripts using Arami scripts.
    • The Avesta tells us that the Fravashi is inherent in every animate and inanimate object of Nature and helps in its development.
    • The Zend Avesta prophesied that Messiah's Star would bein Virgo.
    • The major tenets of the faith were put forth in a book called the Avesta.
    • In the Avesta, Thraetaona slays the three-headed, three-mouthed, six-eyed dragon, Azi Dahaka.
    • He considered the Koran, the Bible, the Zend Avesta, the Vedas and other religious texts as equally 'divinely inspired'.
    • In the Zoroastrian Avesta, a mountain called Hara stands at the center of the world.
    • Jupiter was again inthe constellation Virgo as the Zend Avesta predicted, when thisoccurred on 25 th December in 2 BC.
    • Zoroastrian Archives Yasna, Avesta, and other texts, some in multilingual translations.
    • This is a treasure trove of Avesta, Pahlavi and Pazend manuscripts.
    • Hinduism developed from the Vedic tradition in India and Zoroastrianism out of the early Aryan religion and mythology expressed eventually in the Avesta in Iran.
    • A few hundred feet away is another temple - rectangular shaped without any carvings - once a fire temple and a resting place of the Avesta, the Zoroastrian Holy Scriptures.
    • Just as the Vedas' Mitra is related to Varua, so the Mithra of the Persian Avesta is related to Ahura Mazda.
    • According to the Avesta, Ahura Mazda has no shape, form or colour and, is an invisible power from which emanates light and goodness.
    • Similarly, rice is not known to the Rigveda and the Avesta, while it is present in several Harappan sites within and outside the Indus valley.
    • There was a hymn to Mithra in the Zarathustrian holy work, the Avesta.
    • The Vedas are the divinely revealed and most revered scriptures, sruti, of Hinduism, likened to the Torah, Bible New Testament, Koran or Zend Avesta.
    • But the usage jars, since in their own cultures the Avesta, Vedas, and Tripitaka are conceived as oral, not written, texts.
    • The Ossetians of today, descendants of ancient Northern Iranians, predominantly resemble northern Iranians and Europeans and speak an archaic Iranian language (like the Avesta of the Zoroastrians).
    • In the Avesta (Zoroastrian scriptures), this yasna is placed between the first and the second Gatha in order to give it prominence and credibility.

Origin

Persian.

Rhymes

arrester, Chester, contester, ester, Esther, fester, fiesta, Hester, investor, jester, Leicester, Lester, molester, Nestor, pester, polyester, protester, quester, semester, sequester, siesta, sou'wester, suggester, tester, trimester, vesta, zester
 
 

Definition of Avesta in US English:

Avesta

nounəˈvestə
  • The sacred writings of Zoroastrianism, compiled in the 4th century AD.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Just as the Vedas' Mitra is related to Varua, so the Mithra of the Persian Avesta is related to Ahura Mazda.
    • In the Avesta (Zoroastrian scriptures), this yasna is placed between the first and the second Gatha in order to give it prominence and credibility.
    • Zoroastrian Archives Yasna, Avesta, and other texts, some in multilingual translations.
    • But the usage jars, since in their own cultures the Avesta, Vedas, and Tripitaka are conceived as oral, not written, texts.
    • The Avesta tells us that the Fravashi is inherent in every animate and inanimate object of Nature and helps in its development.
    • According to the Avesta, Ahura Mazda has no shape, form or colour and, is an invisible power from which emanates light and goodness.
    • The major tenets of the faith were put forth in a book called the Avesta.
    • Jupiter was again inthe constellation Virgo as the Zend Avesta predicted, when thisoccurred on 25 th December in 2 BC.
    • The Vedas are the divinely revealed and most revered scriptures, sruti, of Hinduism, likened to the Torah, Bible New Testament, Koran or Zend Avesta.
    • Similarly, rice is not known to the Rigveda and the Avesta, while it is present in several Harappan sites within and outside the Indus valley.
    • This is a treasure trove of Avesta, Pahlavi and Pazend manuscripts.
    • Hinduism developed from the Vedic tradition in India and Zoroastrianism out of the early Aryan religion and mythology expressed eventually in the Avesta in Iran.
    • The Ossetians of today, descendants of ancient Northern Iranians, predominantly resemble northern Iranians and Europeans and speak an archaic Iranian language (like the Avesta of the Zoroastrians).
    • The Zend Avesta prophesied that Messiah's Star would bein Virgo.
    • In the Zoroastrian Avesta, a mountain called Hara stands at the center of the world.
    • A few hundred feet away is another temple - rectangular shaped without any carvings - once a fire temple and a resting place of the Avesta, the Zoroastrian Holy Scriptures.
    • In the Avesta, Thraetaona slays the three-headed, three-mouthed, six-eyed dragon, Azi Dahaka.
    • There was a hymn to Mithra in the Zarathustrian holy work, the Avesta.
    • He considered the Koran, the Bible, the Zend Avesta, the Vedas and other religious texts as equally 'divinely inspired'.
    • During the reign of the Medes, the Iranians adopted the Babylon Cuneiform symbols and later they created the Avesta and Pahlavi scripts using Arami scripts.

Origin

Persian.

 
 
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