Crossword-Solution: AVESTA
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Avesta | n. | The Zoroastrian scriptures. See Zend-Avesta. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| AVESTA | anagram | SAVATE |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
AEETR
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with AVESTA (5)
For the early view in India and Persia, see citations from the Vedas and the Zend-Avesta in Lethaby, Architecture, Mysticism, and Myth, chap.
Not only was it made clear by study of the Zend Avesta that the Old and New Testament ideas regarding Satanic and demoniacal modes of action were largely due to Persian sources, but it was also shown that the idea of immortality was mainly developed in the Hebrew mind during the close relations of the Jews with the Persians.
Throughout the Avesta the most desirable possession, and that which is most praised, is purity of life.
Praise is offered to the "everlasting female companion, the instructing." The following is a part of the marriage ceremony of the Persians as it is found in the Khorda-Avesta: "Do you both accept the contract for life with honorable mind? In the name and friendship of Ormuzd be ever shining, be very enlarged.
Avesta means word, oracle, revelation: this term is not the title of a particular work, but of the collection of the books of Zoroaster, as the revelation of Ormuzd.
Quotes with AVESTA (1)
There are many bibles of different religions; there is the Mohammedan Koran, the Buddhist Canon of Sacred Scripture, the Zoroastrian Zend-Avesta, and the Brahman Veda . . . they all begin with some flashes of true light, and end in utter darkness. Even the most casual observer soon discovers that the Bible is radically different. It is the only Book that offers redemption to us and points the way out of our dilemma.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Boston Globe, Chronicle, NYT, S&S, Universal, USA TODAY.
Used 58 times in crossword archives (1946–2018).