Leafless East Indian vine; its sour milky juice formerly used to make an intoxicating drink.
1 It is an idealization of the yellow haoma of the mountains which was used in sacrifices (Yasna, x.
2 For two chapters more, Haoma is extolled.
3 10 Gaokerena is the mythic white haoma plant (Zendavesta, Vendidad, xx.
4 Only the wild madness of the Haoma drinker could sustain such an endless series of repeated prayers with fitting devotion and energy.
5 Zoroaster again inquires, wishing to know of the pious men of old who worshiped Haoma and obtained blessings for their religious zeal.
6 Can the Haoma that has been touched with Nasu from a dead dog, or from a dead man, be made clean again?
7 The king had sat motionless and frowning upon his seat until he saw the high priest fall headlong into the receptacle of the sacred Haoma .
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