# Vendidad

> English word · Proper noun

## Definitions
1. A collection of texts within the greater compendium of the Avesta. By content, an enumeration of various manifestations of evil spirits, and ways to confound them.

## Etymology
From Avestan 𐬬𐬍𐬛𐬀𐬉𐬬𐬋𐬛𐬁𐬙𐬀 (vīdaēvōdāta, literally “given against the demons”).

## Source
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