In the Avestan language, “Hukhta” means:
a. good thoughts.
b. good words.
c. good deeds.
d. good habits.
b. good words.
Analysis:
a, c & d. Incorrect. Most Zoroastrians have a lively sense of the heavenly reward for doing right and the hellish punishment for doing wrong.
b. Correct. Zoroastrians believe that goodness in one's individual life can be attained only by living a balanced, morally healthy life of good thoughts, good words, and good deeds. In the Avestan language, these three have the same beginning sound, suggesting they go together: Humata, Hukhta, and Huvereshta.
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