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The Avesta is a collection of the sacred texts of ancient Persia belonging to the Zoroastrian religion. They are preserved in two languages: the more ancient, in the Avestan language, the oldest attested Iranian language still very closely related to Sanskrit; the younger texts in Pahlavi, a Middle Iranian language.
When translated into Pahlavi, the Avestan language was largely forgotten, and literal translations of some places (word-by-word translation of a sacr ...
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