Haoma (/ˈhoʊmə/; Avestan: 𐬵𐬀𐬊𐬨𐬀) is a divine plant in Zoroastrianism and in later Persian culture and mythology. Haoma has its origins in Indo-Iranian...
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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...
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Soma (drink) (section Avestan haoma)
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...
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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...
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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...
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to the invisible realm and involving the consumption of fortified wine, Haoma, mang, and other ritual aids. In Zoroastrianism, water (aban) and fire (atar)...
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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...
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of aging and of poison - she is associated with Soma/Haoma (at first, Zarathustra rejected Haoma, calling it "liquor-piss" in Yasna 48.10 of the Gathas...
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this festival people gather in the cemeteries to burn Peganum harmala or haoma (wild rue) in a corner of the tombs and pour some salt on the fire, and...
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Coleophora haoma is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found on the Canary Islands (Fuerteventura) and in Iran and Spain. Wikimedia Commons has...
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Press, Bremen, ISBN 978-3-95562-798-0 p. 20. Ruck, Carl (2019). "Persia, Haoma and the Greek Mysteries" (PDF). Sexus Journal. 4 (11): 991–1034. " Multilingual...
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Immortality in Chinese mythology Pill of Immortality Silphium Soma and Haoma, a ritual drink of importance among the early Vedic peoples and Indo-Iranians...
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appears to have been done by joining the Gathic Staota Yesnya with the haoma ceremony. Furthermore, it is believed that another longer service developed...
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they theorised that the plant is the Avestan haoma mentioned in Zoroastrianism. The transcribed word haoma is thought to be likely related to the Vedic...
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the accompaniment of ritual chants. The Mobad also prepare drinks for the haoma ritual. In Indian Zoroastrianism, the priesthood is reserved for men and...
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Gaokarena (the "White Haoma"). This Younger Avestan allusion to immortality is properly developed in Bundahishn 27.2, where White Haoma is considered to be...
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(mythology), a bird creature of Persian mythology Another spelling for Haoma in Zoroastrianism Homa F.C., a professional league football club based in...
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(simplified Chinese: 四角号码检字法; traditional Chinese: 四角號碼檢字法; pinyin: sì jiǎo hàomǎ jiǎnzì fǎ; lit. 'four corner code lookup-character method') is a character-input...
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goddess associated with medical skill Alardy, god who heals skin diseases Haoma, god of health Eshmun, god of healing Angitia, snake goddess associated...
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the Haoma. The Sorceress is freed from the Haoma's possession and revealed to be Nasreen, who unwittingly brought the Haoma into Izdahar. The Haoma launches...
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called Hanakana. According to Avestan sources, Afrasiab was killed by Haoma near the Čīčhast (possibly either referring to Lake Hamun in Sistan or some...
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Language: Fourth Edition. Martin Schwartz, "Avestan Terms for the Sauma Plant", Haoma and Harmaline (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1989), 123. Orel...
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Amrita Bread of Life Discourse Gum arabic Golden calf Soma (drink) and haoma, sacraments of the Rigveda and Zoroastrian canons, respectively Exodus 16:14...
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ritual required an otherwise-unknown plant that Plutarch calls "omomi" (Haoma or Soma), which was to be pounded in a mortar and mixed with the blood of...
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Avestan asha), the sacred plant and drink *sawHma- (Sanskrit Soma, Avestan Haoma) and gods of social order such as *mitra- (Sanskrit Mitra, Avestan and Old...
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final act of worship (yasna), and the preparation of parahaoma from "white haoma". The righteous will partake of the parahaoma, which will confer immortality...
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List of psychoactive plants, fungi, and animals Botanical identity of soma-haoma Psilocybin decriminalization in the United States Earle, Franklin Summer...
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ritual required an otherwise-unknown plant that Plutarch calls "omomi" (Haoma or Soma), which was to be pounded in a mortar and mixed with the blood of...
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consumed the poison in an act to protect the universe. Soma (Sanskrit) or Haoma (Avestan) - It is described as being prepared by extracting juice from the...
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In Persian and Zoroastrian legends, the mighty Gaokerena was a mythic Haoma plant that had healing properties when eaten and gave immortality to the resurrected...
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