AVESTA. Only a small part of the Avesta (MPers., Abastāg; the name probably means "the Injunction [of Zarathushtra]"), the collection of sacred books of Zoroastrianism, has come down to us: about three-quarters of the original...

the sacred scripture of Zarathushtra preserved in the Old Iranian language, which is closely akin to the Vedic Sanskrit. It also contains many parallels to Vedic procedures and...

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Avesta Sheffield 248 SV is a weldable, high-strength, martensitic stainless steel that is made up of carbon, chromium, nickel, molybdenum and iron. The stainless steel supports hardening temperatures between 850 degrees C to 1050 degrees C. Its stress relief treatment is pegged between 550...

QANDIL MOUNTAINS, Iraq — A defiant spokeswoman for the rebel Kurdistan Workers' Party said Saturday that if Turkey attacks the group's bases in Iraq's rugged northeastern mountains, the clandestine organization's fighters "will teach the Turks an unforgettable lesson."Sozdar Avesta, a member of the party's political...

In the essay below, Waterhouse examines the process by which the Avesta, including Zoroaster's Gathas, was compiled and discusses the structure of each.