bazend

Updated: June 26, 2025

Zoroaster composed the commentary on the Avesta which he called the Zend, and which in the eyes of his followers was revealed to him by God. He subsequently translated it from Pahlavi into Persian. Zoroaster, further, prepared a commentary on the Zend and called it Bazend.

Konstantin Aleksandrovich Inostrantzev - Iranian Influence on Moslem Literature, Part I