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haoma

noun

Etymology

Transliteration of Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬊𐬨𐬀 (haoma). Doublet of soma.

  1. derived from 𐬵𐬀𐬊𐬨𐬀

Definitions

  1. 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).

  2. 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!
    • 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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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA