Avesta people. The term "Avesta" is from the 9th/10th-century works of Zoroastrian tradition in which the word appears as Zoroastrian Middle Persian "abestāg", Book Pahlavi "ʾp(y)stʾkʼ". In that context, "abestāg" texts are portrayed as received knowledge, and are distinguished from the exegetical commentaries (the "zand") thereof. The literal meaning of the word "abestāg" is uncertain; it is generally acknowledged to be a learned borrowing from Avestan, but none of the suggested etymologies have been universally accepted. The widely repeated derivation from *"upa-stavaka" is from Christian Bartholomae ("Altiranisches Wörterbuch", 1904), who interpreted "abestāg" as a contraction of a hypothetical reconstructed Old Iranian
Axel Ingmar's List – Avesta Party formation. Axel Ingmar's List – Avesta Party Axel Ingmar's List – Avesta Party () is a local populist political party in Avesta, Sweden. AILAP was launched in 1994, just 12 days ahead of the elections. In the 1994 election, as there was no time to print their own ballots, the party used New Democracy's ballots together with the write-in option, so the party's candidates were technically elected as New Democracy politicians. The Party is led by Axel Ingmar, a former Moderate Party politician and has managed to win seats in the municipal assembly of Avesta in all four elections since