Vourukasha
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Vourukasha is the name of a heavenly sea in Zoroastrian mythology. It was created by Ahura Mazda
and in its middle stood the Harvisptokhm or the "tree of all seeds".
, Ahura Mazda sent the clean waters of Vourukasha down to the earth in order to cleanse the world and sent the water back to the heavenly sea Puitika. This phenomenon was later interpreted as the coming and going of the tide. At the centre of Vourukasha was located, the Harvisptokhm or "tree of all seeds" which contain the seeds of all plants in the world. There is a bird Sinamru on the tree which causes the bought to break and seeds to sprinkle all around when it alights.
At the center of the Vourukasha also grows the Gaokerena or "White Haoma
", considered to be the "king of healing plants". It is surrounded by ten thousand other healing plants.
and the Puitika with the Gulf of Oman
.
Ahura Mazda
Ahura Mazdā is the Avestan name for a divinity of the Old Iranian religion who was proclaimed the uncreated God by Zoroaster, the founder of Zoroastrianism...
and in its middle stood the Harvisptokhm or the "tree of all seeds".
In mythology
According to the VendidadVendidad
The Vendidad or Videvdat is a collection of texts within the greater compendium of the Avesta. However, unlike the other texts of the Avesta, the Vendidad is an ecclesiastical code, not a liturgical manual.-Name:...
, Ahura Mazda sent the clean waters of Vourukasha down to the earth in order to cleanse the world and sent the water back to the heavenly sea Puitika. This phenomenon was later interpreted as the coming and going of the tide. At the centre of Vourukasha was located, the Harvisptokhm or "tree of all seeds" which contain the seeds of all plants in the world. There is a bird Sinamru on the tree which causes the bought to break and seeds to sprinkle all around when it alights.
At the center of the Vourukasha also grows the Gaokerena or "White Haoma
Haoma
Haoma is the Avestan language name of a plant and its divinity, both of which play a role in Zoroastrian doctrine and in later Persian culture and mythology. The Middle Persian form of the name is hōm, which continues to be the name in Modern Persian and other living Iranian languages.Sacred haoma...
", considered to be the "king of healing plants". It is surrounded by ten thousand other healing plants.
Later Allusions
In later times, Vourukasha was connected with the Arabian SeaArabian Sea
The Arabian Sea is a region of the Indian Ocean bounded on the east by India, on the north by Pakistan and Iran, on the west by the Arabian Peninsula, on the south, approximately, by a line between Cape Guardafui in northeastern Somalia and Kanyakumari in India...
and the Puitika with the Gulf of Oman
Gulf of Oman
The Gulf of Oman or Sea of Oman is a strait that connects the Arabian Sea with the Strait of Hormuz, which then runs to the Persian Gulf. It is generally included as a branch of the Persian Gulf, not as an arm of the Arabian Sea. On the north coast is Pakistan and Iran...
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