Haoma
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haoma¹
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Transliteration of Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬊𐬨𐬀 (haoma). Doublet of soma.
noun hom · homa
- A plant associated with the divinity Haoma. 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).
Haoma²
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Transliteration of Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬊𐬨𐬀 (haoma). Doublet of Soma.
noun
- Hypostatic divinity of the haoma plant. Quickly spake Zarathustra: praise to the Haoma, the created by Mazda! Good is Haoma, the created by Mazda! Praise to the Haoma!
