सोम — {sóma} m. (fr. √3. {su}) juice, extract, (esp.) the juice of the Soma plant, (also) the Soma plant itself (said to be the climbing plant Sarcostema Viminalis or Asclepias Acida, the stalks [{aṃśu}] of which were pressed between stones [{adri}] by the priests, then sprinkled with water, and purified in a strainer [{pavitra}] ; whence the acid juice trinkled into jars [{kalaśa}] or larger vessels [{droṇa}] ; after which it was mixed with clarified butter, flour &c., made to ferment, and then offered in libations to the gods {in this respect corresponding with the ritual of the īranian āvesta} or was drunk by the Brāhmans, by both of whom its exhilarating effect was supposed to be prized ; it was collected by moonlight on certain mountains [in RV. x, 34, 1, the mountain Mūja-vat is mentioned] ; it is sometimes described as having been brought from the sky by a falcon [{śyena}] and guarded by the Gandharvas ; it is personified as one of the most important of Vedic gods, to whose praise all the 114 hymns of the 9th book of the RV. besides 6 in other books and the whole SV. are dedicated ; in post-Vedic mythology and even in a few of the latest hymns of the RV. {although not in the whole of the 9th book} as well as sometimes in the AV. and in the Br., Soma is identified with the moon [as the receptacle of the other beverage of the gods called Amṛita, or as the lord of plants, cf. {indu}, {oṣadi-pati}] and with the god of the moon, as well as with Vishṇu, Śiva, Yama, and Kubera ; he is called {rājan}, and appears among the 8 Vasus and the 8 Loka-pālas [Mn. v, 96], and is the reputed author of RV. x, 124, 1, 5-9, of a lawbook &c##) RV. &c. &c##the moon or moon-god ( See above)##a Soma sacrifice AitĀr##a day destined for extracting the Soma-juice ĀśvŚr##Monday (= {soma-vāra}) Inscr##nectar L##camphor L##air, wind L##water L##a drug of supposed magical properties W##a partic. mountain or mountainous range (accord. to some the mountains of the moon) ib##a partic. class of Pitṛis (prob. for {soma-pā}) ib##N. of various authors (also with {paṇḍita}, {bhaṭṭa}, {śarman} &c##) Cat##= {somacandra}, or {somêndu} HPariś##N. of a monkey-chief L##({ā}), f. the Soma plant L##N. of an Apsaras MBh##of a river MārkP##of a queen Inscr##({ī}), f. g. {gaurâdi}##({am}), n. rice-water, rice-gruel L##heaven, sky, ether L##mfn. relating to Soma (prob. wṛ. for {sauma}) Kāṭh
सोम — {sôma} mfn. (prob.) together with Umā, IndSt
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