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certain sacred ceremonies. The word
barsom derives from the
Avestan language baresman (trisyllabic, bar'əs'man),
which is in turn a
substantive of
barez "to...
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Airyanem Vaejah, by the good
river Daitya; with the
Haoma and meat, with the
Baresman, with the
wisdom of the tongue, with the holy spells, with the speech,...
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shall compensate thee". It is
possible that the
barsom (Var.
Avestan baresman)
bundle of
twigs was
originally a
bundle of
Haoma stalks. The
Haoma divinity...
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often is seen
holding a
collection of
unbound rods or twigs,
known as a
baresman (Avestan;
Middle Persian barsom),
which is
generally considered to be another...
- For, "the man who
sacrifices unto fire with fuel in his hand, with the
Baresman in his hand, with milk in his hand, with the
mortar for
crushing the branches...
