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INDIAN CULTURE
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Question
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Name the holy book of the Parsis.
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Zend Avesta
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Guru Granth Sahib
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Koran
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Bible
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Avesta, also called Zend-avesta, sacred book of Zoroastrianism containing its cosmogony, law, and liturgy, the teachings of the prophet Zarathushtra (Zoroaster).
Detailed explanation-2: -These religious ideas are encapsulated in the sacred texts of the Zoroastrians and assembled in a body of literature called the Avesta.
Detailed explanation-3: -The legends run as follows: The twenty-one nasks ("books") of the Avesta were created by Ahura Mazda and brought by Zoroaster to his patron Vishtaspa (Denkard 4A, 3A).
Detailed explanation-4: -The Zend-Avesta is the sacred book of the Parsees mentions Hindu as the name for India.
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