Haoma
Sign in to save'''''' (; Avestan: ) is a divine plant in Zoroastrianism and in later Persian culture and mythology. has its origins in Indo-Iranian religion and is the cognate of Vedic .
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- Persian mythology
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16 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- As a plant
- In the Avesta
- In present-day Zoroastrianism
- Botanic identification
- As a divinity ({{lang|ae-Latn|Dūraoša|italic=no}})
- In tradition and folklore
- In the legend of Zoroaster's conception
- Traditional ''barsom''
- In the ''Shahnameh''
- Darmesteter
- In the ''Wizidagiha-i Zadspram''
- Comparison of haoma/soma
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
'''''' (; Avestan: ) is a divine plant in Zoroastrianism and in later Persian culture and mythology. has its origins in Indo-Iranian religion and is the cognate of Vedic .
==Etymology== Both Avestan and Sanskrit derived from proto-Indo-Iranian *. The root of the word , , and of , , suggests 'press' or 'pound'.
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