Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Zend-Avesta

Zend-Avesta , noun

[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. — W. D. Whitney