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.