单词 | zend-avesta |
释义 | Zend-Avestan. The sacred writings of Zoroastrianism; the ancient text of the Avesta (Avesta n.), written in the Avestan language, together with the accompanying exegesis, commentary, or translation, written in Book Pahlavi (cf. Zend n. 1b). Also: the Avesta by itself.Although still attested, the application of Zend-Avesta to the ancient Avestan texts independent of the accompanying exegisis is generally considered erroneous by specialists; cf. Zend n. 1a. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > non-Judaeo-Christian scriptures > [noun] > Zend-Avesta (Parsee) Zend-Avesta1630 Zend1700 Avesta1774 1630 H. Lord Display Two Forraigne Sects Proeme A booke writ in the Persian Character, containing their Scripture, and in their owne language, called their Zvndavastaw. 1695 W. Turner Hist. All Relig. World ii. 633 Learn the Zundavastaw by rote. 1762 O. Goldsmith Citizen of World I. 53 Kabul, says the Zendavesta, was born on the rushy banks of the river Mawra. 1799 Crit. Rev. 26 501 The zendavesta is marked with the seal of philosophy; its precepts are pure. 1843 J. Wilson (title) The Pársí religion: as contained in the Zand-Avasta. 1854 H. D. Thoreau Walden 113 When the Vaticans shall be filled with Vedas and Zendavestas and Bibles. 1921 Jewish Q. Rev. 12 46 The Zend-Avesta..is a Talmud rather than a Bible. 1962 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 68 13/2 The Gathas contain the oldest parts of the Zend Avesta and concern the establishment of the ethics of the religion. 2012 Telegraph (India) (Nexis) 1 Jan. A Christian had to swear by the New Testament, a Jew by the Hebrew Testament and a Parsi by the open Zend-Avesta. DerivativesΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > non-Judaeo-Christian scriptures > [adjective] > Zend-Avesta Zend1762 Zend-Avestaic1816 Avestan1856 Avestic1865 Gathaic1891 1816 G. S. Faber Origin Pagan Idolatry I. p. xxxii The materials of the Zend-Avestaic history seem to be genuine. Zend-Aˈvestan adj. and n. (a) adj. of or relating to the Zend-Avesta, or the ancient Iranian language in which the Avesta is written; (b) n. the language in which the Avesta is written; cf. Avestan n. ΚΠ 1871 Rectangular Rev. July 49 The Zend-Avestan statement as to the length of the summer day being double that of the day in winter. 1907 C. A. Stephens Nat. Salvation Introd. p. xxiv When the church adopted Zend-Avestan supernaturalism, it lost Jesus by the waysides of Judea. 1920 Mod. Lang. Notes 35 243 In the field of the Baltic languages and in Zend Avestan his contributions are fundamental. 1986 F. F. Conlon in M. H. Case & N. G. Barrier Aspects India 90 Wilson confronted the Parsis on the basis of his considerable training and Zend Avestan scholarship. 2005 S. G. Alter W. D. Whitney & Sci. Lang. i. 23 European researchers..placed Zend-Avestan..in its historical relationship to Sanskrit in 1832. Zend-Aˈvestic adj. rare of or relating to the Zend-Avesta, or the ancient Iranian language in which the Avesta is written. ΚΠ 1864 J. M. Fuller Ess. on Authenticity of Bk. of Daniel v. 186 Two of the greatest European authorities in Zend-Avestic literature. 1913 L. Mills Our Own Relig. in Anc. Persia x. 148 The invaluable services he [sc. L. H. Mills] has rendered..to Zend-Avestic research. 1985 Executive Intelligence Rev. 4 June 38/1 Respecting the Roman cult of Mithra, it is a common-place blunder, to attribute this to the Zend-Avestic culture. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1630 |
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