soma 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 Iranian Avesta] 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 Amṛta, or as the lord of plants, cf. indu, oṣadhi-pati] and with the god of the moon, as well as with Viṣṇu, 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 law-book &c.; cf. below), [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 Pitṛs (prob. for soma-pā), [ib.] N. of various authors (also with paṇḍita, bhaṭṭa, śarman &c.; cf. above), [Cat.] = somacandra, or somendu, [HPariś.] N. of a monkey-chief, [L.] sóma (am), n. rice-water, rice-gruel, [L.] heaven, sky, ether, [L.] sóma mfn. relating to Soma (prob. w.r. for sauma), [Kāṭh.] mfn. (prob.) together with Umā, [IndSt.] soman सोमन् somán m. one who presses or prepares Soma, [RV.]; [Naigh.]; [Nir.] a S° sacrificer, [MW.] the moon, [Uṇ. iv, 150], Sch. a requisite for a sacrifice, [ib.] somabhū सोमभू soma—bhū mfn. ‘Somaborn’, belonging to the family of the moon, [W.] soma—bhū m. ‘son of S°’, N. of Budha (regent of the planet Mercury), [ib.] a son of Soma-candra, [HPariś.] (with Jainas) N. of the 4th of the Black Vāsudevas, [L.] somadā सोमदा soma—dā f. N. of a Gandharvī, [R.] of a Brāhman woman, [Kathās.] somajā सोमजा soma—jā́ mfn. Soma-born, [AV.] somaja सोमज soma—ja mfn. moon-produced, [MW.] soma—ja m. N. of the planet Mercury, [Hāyan.] soma—ja n. milk, [L.] somaka सोमक sómaka m. N. of a Ṛṣi, [VS.] of a king, [RV.]; [AitBr.]; [MBh.] &c. of a son of Kṛṣṇa, [BhP.] of a partic. Bharaṭaka, [Cat.] of a people or country, [Kathās.] a king or native of Somaka, [ib.] pl. the descendants of the king Somaka (-tva n.), [MBh.]; [Hariv.]; [VP.] the family of Drupada, [MW.] somapā सोमपा soma—pā́ mfn. (cf. -pá above acc. pl. m. -pas ; dat. sg. -pe) drinking or entitled to drink Soma-juice, [RV.]; [MBh.]; [BhP.] a S° sacrificer or performer of any sacrifice, [ib.] a Pitṛ of a partic. class (said to be esp. the progenitors of the Brāhmans), [W.] a Brāhman, [L.] somapa सोमप soma—pá mf(A)n. drinking or entitled to drink Soma-juice, [AV.]; [Kāṭh.]; [Br.] &c. soma—pá m. a Soma sacrificer, any sacrificer, [R.] N. of a being reckoned among the Viśve Devāḥ, [MBh.] of one of Skanda's attendants, [ib.] of an Asura, [Hariv.] of an author, [Cat.] pl. N. of a family of Ṛṣis, [MBh.] of a class of Pitṛs, [ib.]; [Mn.]; [Hariv.]; [MārkP.] of a people, [VarBṛS.] somabhṛt सोमभृत् soma—bhṛ́t mfn. bringing S°, [VS.] somaśrī सोमश्री soma—śrī f. N. of a woman, [Bhadrab.] somamad सोममद् soma—mád (strong form -mā́d) mfn. intoxicated with S°, [RV.] somarṣi सोमर्षि soma—rṣi (°ma + ṛṣi), m. N. of a Ṛṣi, = -candra, [HPariś.] somasad सोमसद् soma—sad m. pl. N. of the Pitṛs of the Sādhyas, [Mn. iii, 195.] somasut सोमसुत् soma—sút mfn. pressing S°, [RV.]; [TBr.]; [ĀśvŚr.] &c. soma—sút m. a S°-distiller, a priest who offers the Soma-juice at a sacrifice, [MW.] somatva सोमत्व soma—tva n. the condition or state of the moon, [TBr.], Sch.; [MārkP.] condition of S°, [Ml.] somavat सोमवत् sóma—vat (sóma-), mfn. containing Soma, [RV.]; [ŚBr.]; [KātyŚr.] attended &c. by Soma, [RV.]; [TS.]; [ŚBr.]; [ĀśvŚr.] presided over by the moon (with diś f. ‘the north’), [R.] having the moon, lunar, [W.] soma—vat ind. like the moon, [W.] somabhāvā सोमभावा soma—bhāvā f. N. of the river Narma-dā, [L.] somabhava सोमभव soma—bhava m. N. of various persons, [Cat.] somadhāna सोमधान soma—dhā́na mfn. holding or containing Soma, [RV.]; [AV.] somadhārā सोमधारा soma—dhārā f. the milky way, [L.] the sky, heaven, [W.] somadheya सोमधेय soma—dheya m. pl. N. of a people, [MBh.] somaghṛta सोमघृत soma—ghṛta n. a partic. healing ointment, [L.] somaśūra सोमशूर soma—śūra m. N. of a man, [Kathās.] somaśita सोमशित sóma—śita (sóma-), mfn. sharpened by S°, [RV.] somadevī सोमदेवी soma—devī (ī), f. N. of a wife of Kāma-pāla, [Daś.] somadeva सोमदेव soma—deva m. the god of the moon, [R.] the god S°, [Ml.] (also °va-bhaṭṭa) N. of the author of the Kathā-sarit-sāgara (who lived in Kaśmīr in the 11th century A.D.), [IW. 531] of various authors and other men, [Kathās.]; [Vcar.] &c. somagiri सोमगिरि soma—giri m. N. of a mountain, [MBh.]; [R.] of a teacher, [Cat.] somagopā सोमगोपा sóma—gopā (sóma-), m. a keeper of S°, [RV.] somahāra सोमहार soma—hārá mfn. abstracting or robbing S°, [Suparṇ.] somahūti सोमहूति soma—hūti m. N. of a Ṛṣi (w.r. for somāhuti). somajāmi सोमजामि sóma—jāmi (sóma-), mfn. related to S°, [RV.] somakāma सोमकाम sóma—kāma (sóma-), mfn. desirous of S°, [RV.]; [AV.] somakavi सोमकवि soma—kavi m. N. of a poet, [ŚārṅgP.] somalatā सोमलता soma—latā f. the Soma plant (see 1. soma) Ruta Graveolens, [L.] = -vallī, [Bhpr.] N. of the river Godāvarī, [W.] somaloka सोमलोक soma—loka m. the world of the god of the moon, [Up.] somamāna सोममान soma—māna n. measuring the S°, [L.] somamakha सोममख soma—makha m. a S° sacrifice, [Hariv.] somamada सोममद soma—madá m. intoxication occasioned by S°, [ŚBr.] somamaya सोममय soma—maya mf(I)n. made or consisting of Soma, [Nir.]; [Pāṇ.] somanātha सोमनाथ soma—nātha m. N. of various scholars, [Cat.]; [Col.] soma—nātha n. N. of a celebrated Liṅga of Śiva and of the place where it was set up by the god Soma (in the town described below; it was one of the 12 great Liṅga temples of India held in especial veneration [cf. [IW. 322 n. 1]], and was so famed for its splendour and wealth that it attracted the celebrated Mahmūd of Ghaznī, A.D. 1024, who, under pretext of destroying its idols, carried off its treasures along with its renowned gates), [Vcar.]; [Vop.]; [Cat.]; [Col.] &c. somanīti सोमनीति soma—nīti f. N. of wk. somapāla सोमपाल soma—pālá m. a guardian of S°, [AitBr.]; [Suparṇ.] a preserver of S°, (prob.) a provider or seller of the S° plant, [MW.] N. of various men, [Rājat.] pl. N. of the Gandharvas (as keeping especial guard over the S°), [MW.] somapāna सोमपान soma—pāna n. the drinking of S°, [Gaut.]; [Pañcat.] soma—pā́na mfn. S° drinking, a S° drinker, [TS.]; [ŚBr.] somapītha सोमपीथ soma—pīthá m. a draught of Soma, [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.] &c. soma—pīthá mfn. drinking S°, [BhP.] somapīḍā सोमपीडा soma—pīḍā f. N. of a princess, [Daś.] somapīti सोमपीति sóma—pīti (sóma-), f. a draught of S°, [RV.]; [AV.] a S° sacrifice, [MW.] somapūjā सोमपूजा soma—pūjā f. N. of wk. somapada सोमपद soma—pada m. pl. N. of partic. worlds, [Hariv.] soma—pada n. N. of a Tīrtha, [MBh.] somapati सोमपति sóma—pati (sóma-), m. ‘lord of S°’, N. of Indra, [RV.] a lord of the moon, [Kṛṣṇaj.] somapeya सोमपेय soma—péya m. a sacrifice in which S° is drunk, Soma libation, [MW.] soma—péya n. a draught of S°, [RV.] somapura सोमपुर soma—pura n. the city of Soma, [MBh.] an ancient N. of Pāṭali-putra, [Vīrac.] soma—pura n. or f(I). N. of a temple, [Buddh.] somarāga सोमराग soma—rāga m. a partic. Rāga, [Saṃgīt.] somarājī सोमराजी soma—rājī f. a thin crescent of the moon, [Chandom.] Vernonia Anthelminthica, [VarBṛS.]; [Suśr.] a partic. metre, [Chandom.] somarāja सोमराज soma—rāja m. ‘king Soma’, the moon, [BhP.] N. of an author, [Cat.] somarāta सोमरात soma—rāta m. N. of a man, [Śak.] somarūpa सोमरूप soma—rūpa n. a form of Soma, [Vait.] soma—rūpá (°pá), mfn. Soma-shaped (-tā f.), [ŚBr.] somarasa सोमरस soma—rasa m. the juice of the Soma plant, [MW.] somaroga सोमरोग soma—roga m. diabetes or a similar disease, [Nid.]; [ŚārṅgS.] somasāra सोमसार soma—sāra m. Acacia Arabica, [L.] the white Khadira tree, [MW.] somasakhi सोमसखि sóma—sakhi (sóma-), mfn. having S° as a companion, [VS.] somasava सोमसव soma—sava m. ‘pressure of S°’, a partic. sacrificial act, [TBr.], Sch. somasena सोमसेन soma—sena m. N. of a son of Śambara, [Hariv.] of a king of Campaka-pura and Soma-pura, [Cat.] somasutā सोमसुता soma—sutā (ā), f. ‘daughter of the Moon’, the river Narmada (Nerbudda), [L.] somasuta सोमसुत soma—suta m. ‘a son of the Moon’, N. of Budha, [Pur.]; [Śatr.] somasuti सोमसुति sóma—suti (sóma-), f. the pressing of Soma, [RV.] somavāha सोमवाह soma—vāha m. N. of a man, [ĀśvŚr.] pl. his family, [Cat.] somavāra सोमवार soma—vāra m. ‘moon-day’, Monday, [Inscr.] somavīthī सोमवीथी soma—vīthī f. the orbit of the moon, [MBh.] somaveśa सोमवेश soma—veśa (prob. for -veṣa) m. N. of a Muni, [R.] somavidha सोमविध soma—vidha mfn. being of the nature of Soma, [ĀpŚr.]; [ib.], Sch. somayāga सोमयाग soma—yāga m. a S° sacrifice, [BrahmaP.]; [ChUp.], Sch. a great triennial sacrifice at which Soma-juice is drunk, [MW.] N. of wk. somayoga सोमयोग soma—yogá m. connection with S°, [AV.] somayoni सोमयोनि soma—yoni m. (only [L.]) a god a Brāhman soma—yoni n. yellowish white sandal (very fragrant), [L.] somabhūbhuj सोमभूभुज् soma—bhū—bhuj m. N. of a king, [Cat.] somabhakṣa सोमभक्ष soma—bhakṣa m. the drinking of S° (-japa m. ‘a prayer muttered while the Soma is drunk’), [ĀśvŚr.]; [Nir.] N. of wk. somabhaṭṭa सोमभट्ट soma—bhaṭṭa m. N. of various persons, [Cat.] somaśambha सोमशम्भ soma—śambha w.r. for next, [Cat.] somaśambhu सोमशम्भु soma—śambhu m. N. of an author, [Sarvad.] somaśrauta सोमश्रौत soma—śrauta n. N. of various works. somaśuṣma सोमशुष्म sóma—śuṣma (sóma-) or soma—śuṣ°man, m. N. of a man, [Br.]; [VS.], Sch. somabandhu सोमबन्धु soma—bandhu m. ‘friend of the moon’, the white esculent water-lily (as expanding at night), [L.] somacyuta सोमच्युत sóma—cyuta (sóma-), mfn. moved by S°, [TS.]; [MaitrS.] somadakṣa सोमदक्ष soma—dakṣá m. N. of a man, [MaitrS.] (also v.l. for -rakṣa). somadattā सोमदत्ता soma—dattā (ā), f. N. of a woman, [Cat.] somadatta सोमदत्त soma—datta m. N. of various kings, [MBh.]; [Hariv.]; [Pur.] of various Brāhmans, [Kathās.] of a merchant, [Śukas.] of a writer on Dharma, [Cat.] somadatti सोमदत्ति soma—datti w.r. for saumad°, [MBh.] somagarbha सोमगर्भ soma—garbha m. N. of Viṣṇu, [L.] somagraha सोमग्रह soma—grahá m. a cup or bowl of Soma, [TS.]; [ŚBr.]; [ĀpŚr.] an eclipse of the moon, [VarBṛS.] somahārin सोमहारिन् soma—hārin mfn. id., [MBh.] somahautra सोमहौत्र soma—hautra n. N. of wk. somajambhā सोमजम्भा soma—jambhan ([Pāṇ. v, 4, 125]) or soma—jam°bhā (? [GopBr.]), m. N. of a man. somajuṣṭa सोमजुष्ट sóma—juṣṭa (sóma-), mfn. delighting in S°, [AV.] somakānta सोमकान्त soma—kānta mfn. moon-beloved, [MW.] lovely as the moon, [ib.] soma—kānta m. the moon-gem, moon-stone (= candra-k°), [ib.] N. of a king, [Cat.] somakīrti सोमकीर्ति soma—kīrti m. N. of a son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, [MBh.] somakalpa सोमकल्प soma—kalpa m. N. of the 21st Kalpa or world-period, [L.] N. of wk. somakanyā सोमकन्या soma—kanyā f. a daughter of Soma, [MBh.] somakatva सोमकत्व sómaka—tva n. somakratu सोमक्रतु soma—kratu m. an offering of Soma (see saumakratava). somakulyā सोमकुल्या soma—kulyā f. N. of a river, [MārkP.]