The primary collection of sacred texts of Zoroastrianism, composed in the Avestan language and including the Gathas, hymns attributed to Zoroaster himself, alongside liturgical and ritual material. Belongs here: any passage drawn from this collection. Does not belong here: passages from later Zoroastrian commentary literature such as the Zend, tracked under their own entities where present.
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The Avesta is the corpus of religious texts of Zoroastrianism.
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