homa

[ hoh-muh ]

/ ˈhoʊ mə /

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And o'er sacred rights of homa Brahmans chant their mantra high, There is heard the jackal's wailing and the raven's ominous cry!
Maha-bharata|Anonymous
The present chapters belong to the period of the revival of the Homa cult among the Mazdaists or Zarathustrians.
The Worlds Greatest Books, Volume XIII.|Various
Sarpa homa is the name given to the somewhat elaborate ceremony of snake-worship.
Beast and Man in India|John Lockwood Kipling
All the fragments of the herbs which had been provided for Homa were then ground into powder.
Indian Myth and Legend|Donald Alexander Mackenzie

The Homa is that sacrificial rite which consists of pouring libations of clarified butter into fire.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Bk. 3 Pt. 2|Translated by Kisari Mohan Ganguli