Zend Avesta

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Zend_Avesta
GPTKB entity
Statements (34)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Hebrew_Bible
gptkb:religion
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Avesta
gptkbp:compiledBy gptkb:Sasanian_Empire
gptkbp:contains gptkb:Gathas
gptkb:Khordeh_Avesta
gptkb:Vendidad
gptkb:Visperad
gptkb:Yashts
gptkb:Yasna
gptkbp:date circa 1000 BCE - 400 CE
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Zend Avesta
gptkbp:influenced later Zoroastrian texts
gptkbp:language gptkb:Avestan
gptkbp:mainDeity gptkb:Ahura_Mazda
gptkbp:oldestPart gptkb:Gathas
gptkbp:originatedIn gptkb:Ancient_Persia
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Zoroastrianism
gptkbp:preservedIn gptkb:oral_tradition
gptkbp:purpose Divine Liturgy
prayers
religious rituals
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Zoroastrianism
gptkbp:sacredText gptkb:Zoroastrians
gptkbp:script gptkb:Avestan_script
gptkbp:significance central scripture of Zoroastrianism
gptkbp:structure collection of texts
gptkbp:studiedBy gptkb:Iranologists
religious scholars
gptkbp:translatedInto gptkb:Pahlavi
gptkbp:usedBy gptkb:Zoroastrians
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Arnaud_Rebotini
gptkb:Sacred_Literature
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7