The VendidadPronunciation-needed or Videvdat is a collection of texts within the greater compendium of the Avesta. However, unlike the other texts of the Avesta, the Vendidad is an ecclesiastical code, not a liturgical manual. ==Name== The name of the texts is a contraction of the Avestan language Vî-Daêvô-Dāta, `Given Against the Daevas (Dem.... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vendidad