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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