Avesta

The Avesta is the primary collection of religious texts of Zoroastrianism, composed in the Avestan language. It contains the Yasna (liturgical texts, including the oldest Gathas attributed to Zarathustra himself), the Visperad (extensions to the Yasna), the Vendidad (laws and myths), and the Yashts (hymns to individual deities and concepts). The Avesta preserves the dualistic cosmology of Ahura_Mazda vs. Angra_Mainyu, the eschatological vision of Frashokereti, and the soteriology of the Saoshyant.

See Also

• Zoroastrianism — the religion whose scriptures the Avesta contains
• Ahura_Mazda — the supreme deity praised in the Avesta
• Angra_Mainyu — the adversarial spirit opposed in the Avesta
• Chinvat Bridge — the post-mortem judgment bridge described in the Avesta
• Frashokereti — the Avestan eschatological renovation
• Saoshyant — the Avestan messianic savior figure
• Comparative_Religion — the Avesta within cross-religious study