haoma

[ hou-muh ]

noun

1. a leafless vine, Sarcostemma acidum, of eastern India, yielding a sour, milky juice.
2. Also Zoroastrianism.
   1. a sacramental drink prepared with the juice of the haoma plant, milk, and water.
   2. (initial capital letter) a god personifying this sacred drink.

Word History and Origins

Origin of haoma¹

1885–90; < Avestan; cognate with soma ²

Example Sentences

At the ninth chapter of the book, the rhythmical chanting of the praises of Haoma is begun.

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This god was regarded as assimilated to the earthly haoma, and as present in it.

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Can the Haoma that has been touched with Nasu from a dead dog, or from a dead man, be made clean again?

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Kava Huçrava, for whom in the Avesta the god Haoma contends, is without sickness and death (p. 37).

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Yima was born to Vivanghana as a reward because he had first poured out the Haoma and worshipped the god.

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