10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HAOMA»
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haoma in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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The Haoma There remains, in the domain of ritual, the difficult problem of haoma
("juice"; in India, soma). It is known that in the distant past certain solemn
sacrifices (that is, those outside the domestic ritual) included the preparation of a
"drink ...
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The Mandaeans of Iraq and Iran: Their Cults, Customs, Magic ...
(c) Mortar and pestle for pounding the haoma and pomegranate twigs. {d)
Shallow bowl containing haoma and pomegranate twigs. (e) Cup containing the
ring (varas-m viti). (/) The knife. (g) The cup containing sacramental water. (h) The
...
Lady Ethel Stefana Drower, 2002
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A History of Zoroastrianism: The Early Period
17-18) it is said that for Aradvi Sura "the Creator Ahura Mazda sacrificed in
Airyanam Vaejah of the good Daitya, with haoma-, corn, flesh,82 with barasman-,
with skill of tongue ... Then he asked her: 'Grant me this boon, O good, most
mighty ...
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Papers in Honour of Professor Mary Boyce
GERNOT L. WINDFUHR HAOMA/SOMA: THE PLANT1 The ancient act of
worship of the Indo-Iranians, Vedic yajna, Avestan yasna, is distinguished from
other acts of worship by the fact that it is centred on the preparation, the
purification, and ...
Jacques Duchesne-Guillemin, Pierre Lecoq, 1985
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The Indo-Aryans of Ancient South Asia: Language, Material ...
Falk (1989) pays special attention to the capacity of soma/haoma to keep one
awake and alert even at night. Poets in the Rgveda attribute their religious insight
and intellectual creativity to the powers of soma: the drink enables poets to ...
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Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible DDD
K. VAN DER TOORN HAMARTIA -> SIN HAOMA I. The personal name
Hammadatha to be found in Esther 3:1 represents the Iranian name *Haumadata,
'given by hauma' (or, in the Avestan form, 'haoma'), which is common in
Achaemenid ...
K. van der Toorn, Bob Becking, Pieter Willem van der Horst, 1999
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Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture
In ancient Iran the cognate of Soma is the deity Haoma (deified haoma, the drink)
, which is also pressed and dispels death. Zara9ustra attacked its abuse by the
clergy who got drunk on it (Yasna 48.10); suggestions that the Avesta also ...
J. P. Mallory, Douglas Q. Adams, 1997
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Iranica in the Achaemenid Period (ca. 550-330 B.C.): Lexicon ...
The first part of this word is clear: hauma-, "the haoma-plant" (HdA 125)24. The
second element, -varga-, however, has caused a debate among the scholars (cf.
Schmitt 2003b: 63). Bailey (1971b: 17 and 1972: 105) considers Av. varaxaSra-,
...
The fact that haoma- zdiri- really contains Iir. *tarHi-, and not a different word with
an inherited long vowel, is suggested by the Rigvedic use of hdri- 'yellow' as a
name for soma-. We thus seem to be dealing with an IIr. juxtaposition *sauma- ...
Michiel Arnoud Cor de Vaan, 2003
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Gnostic Visions: Uncovering the Greatest Secret of the ...
Examining Zoroastrian texts about Haoma have allowed scholars to gain insight
into its identity. When these texts are examined with other surviving texts
regarding the plant, such as those we find in Mandaean writings, there are many
other ...
7 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HAOMA»
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haoma is used in the context of the following news items.
Ahura Mazda: The new cool
The dancers are the revellers around the calf, consumers of the equivalent of Haoma and the “Xwarenah” above him represents the authority of ... «The Asian Age, Jul 15»
Dick Smith visits Haoma's mine at Marble Bar
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Gary Morgan's Haoma Mining protects itself from Atlas Iron woes
Haoma Mining, at which Gary Morgan is chairman, has an agreement to explore for all minerals other than iron ore on one of Atlas's Mt Webber ... «The Australian Financial Review, Apr 15»
Haoma Mining's shares continue to ascend
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Haoma Mining shares continue climbing
Haoma Mining's (ASX: HAO) shares have risen 35% to an intra-day high of A$0.40 today, up from a close of $0.295 last Friday, continuing the ... «Proactive Investors Australia, Oct 12»
Haoma Mining defines commercial grade gold, platinum group …
Haoma Mining (ASX: HAO) has identified commercial grades of gold and Platinum Group Metals (PGM) in assays of tailings samples from ... «Proactive Investors Australia, Jun 12»
