See also:

• SOMA (Sanskrit for " pressed juice," from the root su, to press)

SOMA (See also:

• SANSKRIT

Sanskrit for " pressed juice," from the See also:

• ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
• ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )

root su, to See also:

• PRESS (through Fr. presse from Lat. pressare, frequentative of premere, to crush, squeeze, press)

press)  , in See also:

• HINDU

Hindu See also:

• MYTHOLOGY

mythology the See also:

• GOD

god who is a personification of the See also:

• SOMA (Sanskrit for " pressed juice," from the root su, to press)

soma plant (Asclepias acida), from which an intoxicating milky juice is squeezed . Soma is the See also:

• INDIAN

Indian Bacchus, and one of the most important of the Vedic gods . All the 114 See also:

• HYMNS

hymns of the ninth See also:

• BOOK

book of the Rig Veda are in his praise . He is celebrated as a dual divinity with See also:

• INDRA

Indra, See also:

• AGNI

Agni, Pushan or See also:

• RUDRA (probably from the root rud, " to howl," hence " the howler ")

Rudra, in other books . The preparation of the soma juice was a very sacred ceremony, and the See also:

• WORSHIP (i.e. " worth-ship," O. Eng. weor8scipe)

worship of the god is very old, soma being identifiable with the Avestan homa, prepared and celebrated in the Indo-Iranian See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period . The plant's true See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home is See also:

• HEAVEN (0. Eng. hefen, heofon, heofone; this word appears in O.S. hevan; the High. Ger. word appears in Ger. Himmel, Dutch hemel; there does not seem to be any connexion between the two words, and the ultimate derivation of the word is unknown; the sugges

heaven, and soma is drunk by gods as well as men, and it is under its See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence that Indra is related to have created the universe and fixed the See also:

• EARTH
• EARTH (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Erde, Dutch aarde, Swed. and Dan. jord; outside Teutonic it appears only in the Gr. 'pq'e, on the ground; it has been connected by some etymologists with the Aryan root ar-, to plough, which is seen in
• EARTH, FIGURE OF
• EARTH, FIGURE OF THE

earth and See also:

• SKY (M. Eng. skie, cloud; O. Eng. skua, shade; connected with an Indo-European root sku, cover, whence " scum," Lat. obscurus, dark, &c.)

sky in their See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place . In See also:

• POST

post-Vedic literature soma is a See also:

• REGULAR

regular name for the See also:

• MOON (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Mond, Du. maan, Dan. maane, &c., and cognate with such Indo-Germanic forms as Gr. µlip, Sans. ma's, Irish mi, &c.; Lat. uses luna, i.e. lucna, the shining one, lucere, to shine, for the moon, but preserves the word i
• MOON, SIR RICHARD, 1ST BARONET (1814-1899)

moon, which is regarded as being drunk up by the gods and so waning, till it is filled up again by the See also:

• SUN
• SUN (0. Eng. sonne, Ger. sonne. Fr. soleil, Lat. sol, Gr. ijXior, from which comes helio- in various English compounds)

sun . In both the Rig Veda and Zend Avesta soma is the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of See also:

• PLANTS

plants; in both it is a See also:

• MEDICINE

medicine which gives See also:

• HEALTH

health, See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long Iife and removes See also:

• DEATH

death . In both the See also:

• CELESTIAL, OR STELLAR

celestial is distinguished from the terrestial soma, and the liquor from the god . The first soma is supposed to have been stolen from its See also:

• GUARDIAN

guardian demon by an See also:

• EAGLE (Fr. aigle, from the Lat. aquila)

eagle, this soma-bringing eagle of Indra being comparable with the See also:

• NECTAR

nectar-bringing eagle of See also:

• ZEUS

Zeus, and with the eagle which, as a See also:

• METAMORPHOSIS

metamorphosis of See also:

• ODIN, or OTHIN (O. Norse 66inn)

Odin, carried off the See also:

• MEAD
• MEAD, LARKIN GOLDSMITH (1835— )
• MEAD, RICHARD (1673—1754)

mead . See A . A .

See also:

• MACDONELL, JAMES (1841-1879)

Macdonell, Vedic Mythology (See also:

• STRASSBURG, or STRASBURG (French Strasbourg)

Strassburg, 1897) .