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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: -The Avesta (/əˈvɛstə/) is the primary collection of religious texts of Zoroastrianism, composed in the Avestan language. French translation of the Avesta by Ignacy Pietraszewski, Berlin, 1858. The Avesta texts fall into several different categories, arranged either by dialect, or by usage.

Detailed explanation-3: -The earliest section of the Avesta is the Gathas – hymns to Ahura Mazda which are thought to have been composed by Zoroaster.

Detailed explanation-4: -The oldest scriptures, referred to as the Avesta or Zend, are in an Old Iranian language, Avestan. They were not written down, however, until around the 6th century AD during the Sasanian period, many centuries after their composition.

Detailed explanation-5: -Avestan language, also called (incorrectly) Zend Language, eastern Iranian language of the Avesta, the sacred book of Zoroastrianism. Avestan falls into two strata, the older being that of the Gāthās, which reflects a linguistic stage (dating from c. 600 bc) close to that of Vedic Sanskrit in India.