In the Gâthâs, Zarathustra addresses the supreme god Ahuramazda, which offers the prophet an opportunity to explain his own doctrines. This linguistic similarity suggests that the Gâthâs are very old indeed. E.g., the Gathic word ahura, "divine lord", is identical to the Vedic word asura. The language of these hymns resembles that of the Indian Rigveda, hymns that were probably composed in the Punjab between 15 BCE. The seventeen Gâthâs, probably composed by Zarathustra himself, are the oldest part of the Avesta ( overview). A difference with the Bible is that the Avesta often resembles a prayer book and has few narratives. Like the Bible, the Avesta (sometimes incorrectly called Zend-Avesta) is actually a library, containing different sacred texts which were written during a very long period in different languages. Table of contents Faravahar, the visual aspect of Ahuramazda.
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