Avesta
/əˈvɛstə
/noun
The sacred texts of Zoroastrianism, compiled in the 4th century.The major tenets of the faith were put forth in a book called the Avesta....
- In the Zoroastrian Avesta, a mountain called Hara stands at the center of the world.
- 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.
Origin
Persian.
Rhymes
- the bread of life
- the breath of life
- the buck stops here (or with someone)
- the Burse
- theca
- theca folliculi
- the Cairngorms
- the call of nature
- the calm before the storm
- the Canaries
- the cane
- the Cape
- the Capitol
- the Carolines
- the Carpathians
- thecate
- the Catskills
- the cat's whiskers (or meow or pyjamas)
- the Caymans
- the Championship
- the change
- the change of life
- the Channel
- the Chapel Royal
- the Charioteer