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Gatha
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Gatha [ˈgɑːtə]
n
(Non-Christian Religions / Other Non-Christian Religions) Zoroastrianism any of a number of versified sermons in the Avesta that are in a more ancient dialect than the rest
[from Avestan gāthā-; related to Sanskrit gāthā song]


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The dates of Zoroaster (or Zarathustra) are disputed but linguistic analysis of his holy poems, the Gathas, suggest that they date from, give or take a century, around 1000 BCE--well before the Buddha or before the Jews first recorded their oral history, both in the sixth century BCE.
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