zend-avesta
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a collection of Zoroastrian texts gathered during the 4th or 6th centuries
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A version of the Avesta that includes interpretation and commentary.
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Zend or Zand (Middle Persian:
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the sacred writings of the ancient Persian religion, attributed to Zoroaster, but chiefly of a later date
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the name given to the sacred writings of the Guebres or Parsees, ascribed to Zoroaster, of which he was more the compiler than the author, and of which many are now lost; they represent several stages of religious development, and as a whole yield no consistent system.
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