-
Haoma (/ˈhoʊmə/; Avestan: 𐬵𐬀𐬊𐬨𐬀) is a
divine plant in
Zoroastrianism and in
later Persian culture and mythology.
Haoma has its
origins in Indo-Iranian...
-
botanical identity of soma or
haoma. Soma is a
plant described in
Hindu sacred texts including the Rigveda,
while haoma is a
plant described in the Avesta...
- Gita
mentions the
drink in
chapter 9. It is
equivalent to the
Iranian haoma. The
texts describe the
preparation of soma by
means of
extracting the juice...
- the
drink is
called haoma and has
similar uses. Just like in Hinduism, the
drink was
related to
immortality and long life.
Haoma was the
first thing newborns...
-
different texts in the
Avesta both of
which are
dedicated to the
praise of
Haoma. The
first one is the 20th
Yasht of the 21
Yasht collection,
whereas the...
-
called the
parahaoma rite,
reflecting the
technical name of the liquid, the
haoma,
being prepared and
consecrated during the ritual. In the 9th-12th century...
-
offshoots of pomegranate, gaz (Tamarix gallica), or
haoma that
Zoroastrians use in
their rituals; and
haoma, a plant,
unknown today, that was the
source of...
-
botanical identity of soma–
haoma, W****on
suggested that "soma"
described in the
Rigveda was the fly
agaric mushroom, and "
haoma" in the
Avesta was a hallucinogen...
-
appears to have been done by
joining the
Gathic Staota Yesnya with the
haoma ceremony. Furthermore, it is
believed that
another longer service developed...
- the Vedas. Soma, the
shared sacred drink of the Indo-Iranians (known as
haoma in Avestan), is
often metaphorically referred to as
madhu in the Vedas....
