Avesta

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Zoroastrian scripture religious text collection

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

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Zoroastrian scripture → religious text collection →
associatedWith	Prophet Zoroaster →
centralDeity	Ahura Mazda →
contains	hymns → liturgical texts → prayers → religious teachings → ritual instructions →
containsPart	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	Old Avestan →
hasPart	Gathas → Khordeh Avesta → Vendidad → Visperad → 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	Zoroastrian priesthood →
primaryScriptureOf	Zoroastrianism →
regionOfOrigin	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 → Parsi community →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Avesta ("Gathas") → Avesta ("Yashts") → Avesta ("Khordeh Avesta") →	hasPart
Zoroaster ("Gathas") → Zoroaster →	associatedText
Indo-Iranian peoples →	associatedWithText
Avesta ("Gathas") →	containsPart
Heaven ("Zoroastrian Avesta") →	describedIn
Zoroastrianism →	holyBook
Parsis →	religiousText
Zoroastrianism ("Gathas") →	scripturePart