Soma

Soma

Soma is a name used for more than one devatā and thing in the Purāṇas and Itihāsas. Each is listed below with where it is told; choose the one you are looking for.

Devatās

• Candra: Soma, the deva of the moon, son of the ṛshi Atri, ruler of all oshadhis (herbs and plants), whose title is Somarāja. Varāha Purāṇa, Chapters 57, 137; Brahma Vaivarta Purāṇa, Prakṛti Khaṇḍa, Chapters 57–61; Bhāgavata Purāṇa, Skandha 4, Chapter 22; Skandha 10, Chapter 89; Skandha 11, Chapter 27

Things and ideas

• Soma (Yajña Drink): the juice pressed from the soma plant and offered in the Vedic yajña, which the Bhāgavata Purāṇa names in the body of Yajña-Varāha and in the yajñas of Daksha and Gaya. Bhāgavata Purāṇa, Skandha 3, Chapter 13; Skandha 4, Chapter 4; Skandha 5, Chapter 15