Avesta

E85589
Zoroastrian scripture religious text collection

The Avesta is the primary collection of sacred scriptures of Zoroastrianism, containing hymns, liturgical texts, and religious teachings.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (14)

Label Occurrences
Avesta canonical 23
Gathas 9
Yashts 3

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Zoroastrian scripture ⓘ
religious text collection ⓘ
associatedWith Zoroaster ⓘ
surface form: Prophet Zoroaster
centralDeity Ahura Mazda ⓘ
contains hymns ⓘ
liturgical texts ⓘ
prayers ⓘ
religious teachings ⓘ
ritual instructions ⓘ
containsPart Avesta self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Gathas
cosmicStruggleTheme Ahura Mazda versus Angra Mainyu ⓘ
cosmologyTopic dualism of good and evil ⓘ
eschatologyTopic final renovation of the world ⓘ
judgment of souls ⓘ
ethicalTeaching good deeds ⓘ
good thoughts ⓘ
good words ⓘ
GathasLanguage Avestan language ⓘ
surface form: Old Avestan
hasPart Avesta self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Gathas

Avesta self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Khordeh Avesta

Vendidad ⓘ
Visperad ⓘ
Avesta self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Yashts

Yasna ⓘ
historicalDevelopment compiled over many centuries ⓘ
includesLawCode Vendidad ⓘ
influenced later Zoroastrian tradition ⓘ
language Avestan ⓘ
liturgicalUse Zoroastrian worship ⓘ
fire temple rituals ⓘ
moralConcept asha ⓘ
druj ⓘ
preservedBy Zoroastrianism ⓘ
surface form: Zoroastrian priesthood
primaryScriptureOf Zoroastrianism ⓘ
regionOfOrigin Persia ⓘ
surface form: ancient Iran
relatedTradition Middle Persian Zoroastrian texts ⓘ
religion Zoroastrianism ⓘ
religiousGenre hymn ⓘ
law code ⓘ
liturgy ⓘ
mythological narrative ⓘ
script Avestan script ⓘ
scriptFamily Indo-Iranian scripts ⓘ
survivingPortion only a fraction of original corpus ⓘ
textualState partially lost ⓘ
usedBy Iranian Zoroastrians ⓘ
Parsis ⓘ
surface form: Parsi community

Referenced by (48)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Parsis → religiousText → Avesta ⓘ
Heaven → describedIn → Avesta ⓘ
this entity surface form: Zoroastrian Avesta
Indo-Iranian peoples → associatedWithText → Avesta ⓘ
Avesta → hasPart → Avesta self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gathas
Avesta → hasPart → Avesta self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yashts
Avesta → hasPart → Avesta self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khordeh Avesta
Avesta → containsPart → Avesta self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gathas
Zoroaster → associatedText → Avesta ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gathas
Zoroaster → associatedText → Avesta ⓘ
Zoroastrianism → holyBook → Avesta ⓘ
Zoroastrianism → scripturePart → Avesta ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gathas
legendary Pishdadian dynasty → associatedWithText → Avesta ⓘ
subject surface form: Pishdadian dynasty
this entity surface form: Avesta (later Zoroastrian literature)
Avestan language → sacredText → Avesta ⓘ
Avestan language → sacredText → Avesta ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gathas
Avestan language → sacredText → Avesta ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yashts
Avestan language → hasCanonicalCorpus → Avesta ⓘ
Avestan script → associatedWithText → Avesta ⓘ
Middle Iranian languages → hasPart → Avesta ⓘ
this entity surface form: Book Pahlavi
Pahlavi script → hasVariant → Avesta ⓘ
this entity surface form: Book Pahlavi
Parsi community in Gujarat → followsScripture → Avesta ⓘ
Iranian mythology → hasSourceText → Avesta ⓘ
Iranian mythology → hasSourceText → Avesta ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yashts
Iranian mythology → hasSourceText → Avesta ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bundahishn
Ray → mentionedIn → Avesta ⓘ
Zoroastrian fire temples → associatedWithText → Avesta ⓘ
Yasna → partOf → Avesta ⓘ
Yasna → hasPart → Avesta ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gathas
Yasna → textualCoreOf → Avesta ⓘ
this entity surface form: Zoroastrian liturgy
Visperad → partOf → Avesta ⓘ
Visperad → relatedWork → Avesta ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khordeh Avesta
Vendidad → partOf → Avesta ⓘ
Ahura Mazda → centralText → Avesta ⓘ
Ahura Mazda → centralTextSection → Avesta ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gathas
asha → coreDoctrineOf → Avesta ⓘ
subject surface form: Asha
this entity surface form: Zoroastrian law
asha → centralInText → Avesta ⓘ
subject surface form: Asha
this entity surface form: Gathas
asha → centralInText → Avesta ⓘ
subject surface form: Asha
Iranian Zoroastrians → religiousText → Avesta ⓘ
Angra Mainyu → textualSource → Avesta ⓘ
Angra Mainyu → textualSource → Avesta ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gathas (interpretively)
Spenta Mainyu → textualSource → Avesta ⓘ
Spenta Mainyu → textualSource → Avesta ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gathas of Zarathustra
Amesha Spentas → scripturalSource → Avesta ⓘ
Amesha Spentas → scripturalSection → Avesta ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gathas
Fravashi → mentionedIn → Avesta ⓘ
Fravashi → mentionedIn → Avesta ⓘ
this entity surface form: Farvardin Yasht
Saoshyant → appearsInText → Avesta ⓘ
Saoshyant → appearsInText → Avesta ⓘ
this entity surface form: Younger Avesta
Chinvat Bridge → describedIn → Avesta ⓘ