Home›Open Questions›Is the ephedra pressed in the Yasna today the plant the Avesta calls haoma?Open QuestionsIs the ephedra pressed in the Yasna today the plant the Avesta calls haoma?Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Is the ephedra pressed in the Yasna today the plant the Avesta calls haoma?." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/open-questions-index/is-the-ephedra-pressed-in-the-yasna-today-the-plant-the-avesta-calls-haoma.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Is the ephedra pressed in the Yasna today the plant the Avesta calls haoma?. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/open-questions-index/is-the-ephedra-pressed-in-the-yasna-today-the-plant-the-avesta-calls-haomaCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-is-the-ephedra-pressed-in-the-yasna-toda, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Is the ephedra pressed in the Yasna today the plant the Avesta calls haoma?}, year = {2026}, url = {https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/open-questions-index/is-the-ephedra-pressed-in-the-yasna-today-the-plant-the-avesta-calls-haoma}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXOpen QuestionCross-Tradition ConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)Open QuestionThe Zoroastrian ceremony has been performed continuously and uses ephedra, which is the strongest evidence anyone has in the whole soma and haoma question because it is a practice rather than a reconstruction. But continuity of a rite does not establish continuity of a species, and substitution is documented on the Vedic side of the same inherited tradition.What would resolve this Residue analysis of Iranian ritual vessels of Achaemenid date or earlier, compared against the ephedra of current practice.OpenArchaeobotany with Avestan philologyMary Boyce, A History of ZoroastrianismCross-Tradition ConnectionsQuestion OnHaoma, Sacred Objects & Ritual Items Well-attested Source A History of ZoroastrianismMary Boycetier 1SourcesA History of Zoroastrianismtier 1Mary Boyce, Brill, 1989View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year