| AVESTA | Holy scriptures of Zoroastrianism (6) |
| AVESTAN | Relating to the sacred scriptures of Zoroastrianism (7) |
| PARSEE | Adherent of the monotheistic religion of Zoroastrianism (6) |
| ORMIZD | Supreme god and creator deity of Zoroastrianism, aka Ahura Mazda ('wise lord') (6) |
| SACRED | Holy scriptures are commonly read every day, first of all (6) |
| GRANTH | The Central religious scripture of Sikhism (4,6,5) |
| TANACH | Judaism's Holy Scriptures |
| PERSIA | Ancient kingdom associated with Zoroastrianism (6) |
| PARSI | Adherent of Zoroastrianism |
| IRAN | Birthplace of Zoroastrianism, today |
| AHRIMAN | Supreme evil spirit of Zoroastrianism, opposed to the creator god Ahura Mazda (7) |
| BIBLE | Meaning "books", a collection of religious texts such as the scriptures of the Old and New Testaments; or, any book regarded as authoritative in its field (5) |
| VEDIC | Closely related to classical Sanskrit, what is the language of the Veda. the sacred scriptures of Hinduism? (5) |
| KORAN | Scriptures of the Mohammedans. |
| VEDA | The sacred scriptures of Hinduism |
| SAHIB | The Central religious scripture of Sikhism (4,6,5) |
| GURU | The Central religious scripture of Sikhism (4,6,5) |
| ADIGRANTH | Sacred scripture of Sikhism (3,6) |
| BOOK | Holy scriptures |
| VOTARIES | Absorbing holy scriptures changes them? |
