Zend-Avesta \Zend`-A*ves"ta\, n. [Properly, the Avesta, or sacred text, and its zend, or interpretation, in a more modern and intelligible language. --W. D. Whitney.] The sacred writings of the ancient Persian religion, attributed to Zoroaster, but chiefly of a later date.
Zend-Avesta n : a collection of Zoroastrian texts gathered during the 4th or 6th centuries [syn: {Avesta}]