homa

Definitions

Examples

• And o'er sacred rights of homa Brahmans chant their mantra high, There is heard the jackal's wailing and the raven's ominous cry!

• The present chapters belong to the period of the revival of the Homa cult among the Mazdaists or Zarathustrians.

• Sarpa homa is the name given to the somewhat elaborate ceremony of snake-worship.

• All the fragments of the herbs which had been provided for Homa were then ground into powder.

• The Homa is that sacrificial rite which consists of pouring libations of clarified butter into fire.