<P> The Avesta / əˈvɛstə / is the primary collection of religious texts of Zoroastrianism , composed in the otherwise unrecorded Avestan language . Collected during the Sassanid Period of much more ancient oral accounts , according to Jean Kellens , `` The book was originally given the name abestag , which the Parsees later turned into Avesta and which probably comes from the Old Iranian upa - stavaka , ' praise ( of Ahura Mazda ) ' . '' . </P>
<P> The Avesta / əˈvɛstə / is the primary collection of religious texts of Zoroastrianism , composed in the otherwise unrecorded Avestan language . Collected during the Sassanid Period of much more ancient oral accounts , according to Jean Kellens , `` The book was originally given the name abestag , which the Parsees later turned into Avesta and which probably comes from the Old Iranian upa - stavaka , ' praise ( of Ahura Mazda ) ' . '' . </P>
of which religion is the avesta a sacred book
of which religion is the avesta a sacred book
Zoroastrianism
Zoroastrianism