Haoma

Origin

From Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬊𐬨𐬀, which is cognate to Sanskrit सोम.

Full definition of haoma

Noun

1. (Zoroastrianism) Name of a plant and corresponding personified divinity that is sacred in Zoroastrian culture and in later Persian culture and mythology.
• 1999, Karel van der Toorn, Bob Becking, Pieter Willem van der Horst, Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible: DDD, p. 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).

Related terms

• Haoma
• soma

Anagrams

• Omaha