Meaning of haoma | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A plant associated with the divinity Haoma.
   uncountable
2. Hypostatic divinity of the haoma plant.
   uncountable

Examples

“The offering of haoma was a common practice among Achaemenids; the Haumavarga Scythians probably owe their name to the fact that they did not press the plant but strewed it ritually (HOFFMANN 1975).”

“Quickly spake Zarathustra: praise to the Haoma, the created by Mazda! Good is Haoma, the created by Mazda! Praise to the Haoma!”

“Even today Zoroastrian women who are with child pray to Hoama and constantly recite the Hōm Yasht in order to have distinguished sons.”

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