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It is the set of Zoroaster’s recorded teachings.
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It was a set of laws for the Persian Empire.
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It was a type of currency in the Persian Empire.
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It is the title of a book of history by Herodotus.
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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). The extant Avesta is all that remains of a much larger body of scripture, apparently Zarathushtra’s transformation of a very ancient tradition.
Detailed explanation-2: -Sacred texts: Zoroastrianism Zoroastrian diaspora communities have since become established worldwide. Zoroastrianism is an essentially oral religion. The oldest scriptures (the Avesta) are in an Old Iranian language, Avestan. They were transmitted orally and were not written down until about the 6th century CE.
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).