haoma

See also: Haoma and hàomǎ

English

Etymology

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

Noun

haoma (uncountable)

  1. (Zoroastrianism) A plant associated with the divinity Haoma.
    • 1999, Karel van der Toorn, Bob Becking, Pieter Willem van der Horst, Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible: DDD, page 384:
      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).

Derived terms

  • parahaoma (the extracted juice of the haoma plant)

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