haomas
haomas is the plural of haoma.
Meaning of haoma
Noun
haoma (uncountable)
- A plant associated with the divinity Haoma.
- 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).1999, Karel van der Toorn, Bob Becking, Pieter Willem van der Horst, Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible: DDD, page 384
Questions about haomas
- What is haomas the plural of?
- Haomas is the plural of haoma.
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