As far as I knew the drink, and the plant refer to "Soma" a plant with hallucinogenic properties was consumed. The plant was called soma by the Indians and haoma by the Iranians. It is said that the plant "Soma" has of importance among the early Indo-Iranians, and the subsequent Vedic and greater Persian cultures. It is frequently mentioned in the Rigveda, whose Soma Mandala contains 114 hymns, many praising its energizing qualities. In the Avesta, Haoma has the entire Yašt 20 and Yasna 9-11 dedicated to it. It is described as being prepared by extracting juice from the stalks of a certain plant. In both Vedic and Zoroastrian tradition, the name of the drink and the plant are the same, and also personified as a divinity, the three forming a religious or mythological unity. The Rigveda calls the plant "God for Gods" seemingly giving him precedence above Indra and the other Gods (RV 9.42) Drinking Soma produces immortality (Amrita, Rigveda 8.48.3).
Posted on: Fri, 04 Oct 2013 04:47:11 +0000
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