by extracting the

pari-karman

n. attendance, worship, adoration BhP. ;
dressing, painting orﾠ perfuming the body (esp. after bathing) MBh. Kālid. ;
cleansing, purification Ṡiṡ. ;
preparation Kathās. (cf. - kara);
arithmetical computation orﾠ operation W. ;
- makathā f. prayer (?) Divyâ̱v. ;
-mâ̱shṭaka n. the 8 fundamental rules of arithmetic (viz. addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, finding the square, extracting the square root, finding the cube, extracting the cube root) Col

sóma

(esp.) the juice of the Soma plant, ( alsoﾠ) the Soma plant itself (said to be the climbing plant Sarcostema Viminalis orﾠ Asclepias Acida, the stalks < aṉṡu> of which were pressed between stones < adri> by the priests, then sprinkled with water, andﾠ purified in a strainer < pavitra>;
whence the acid juice trinkled into jars < kalaṡa> orﾠ larger vessels < droṇa>;
after which it was mixed with clarified butter, flour etc., made to ferment, andﾠ then offered in libations to the gods < in this respect corresponding with the ritual of the Iranian Avesta> orﾠ 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 < ṡyena> andﾠ 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 andﾠ the whole SV. are dedicated;
in post-Vedic mythology andﾠ 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. andﾠ in the Br., Soma is identified with the moon
as the receptacle of the other beverage of the gods called Amṛita, orﾠ as the lord of plants cf. indu, oshadi-pati> andﾠ with the god of the moon, as well as with Vishṇu, Ṡiva, Yama, andﾠ Kubera;
he is called rājan, andﾠ appears among the 8 Vasus andﾠ the 8 Loka-pālas Mn. V, 96, andﾠ is the reputed author of RV. X, 124, 1, 5-9, of a lawbook etc.;
cf. below) RV. etc. etc.;
the moon orﾠ moon-god ( seeﾠ above);
a Soma sacrifice AitĀr. ;
a day destined for extracting the Soma-juice ĀṡvṠr. ;
Monday (= soma-vāra) Inscr. ;
nectar L. ;
camphor L. ;
air, wind L. ;
water L. ;
a drug of supposed magical properties W. ;
a partic. mountain orﾠ mountainous range (accord. toﾠ some the mountains of the moon) ib. ;
a partic. class of Pitṛis (prob. for soma-pā) ib. ;
N. of various authors ( alsoﾠ with paṇḍita, bhaṭṭa, ṡarman etc.;
cf. above) Cat. ;
= somacandra, orﾠ somêndu HPariṡ. ;
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. gaṇa gaurâ̱di;
(am) n. rice-water, rice-gruel L. ;
heaven, sky, ether L. ;
mfn. relating to Soma (prob. w.r. for sauma) Kāṭh. ;
sôma

- सोमकन्या
- सोमकरणी
- सोमकर्मन्
- सोमकलश
- सोमकल्प
- सोमकवि
- सोमकान्त
- सोमकाम
- सोमकारिका
- सोमकीर्ति
- सोमकुल्या
- सोमक्रतवीय
- सोमक्रतु
- सोमक्रयण
- सोमक्षय
- सोमक्षीरा
- सोमक्षीरी
- सोमखड्डक
- सोमगणक
- सोमगर्भ
- सोमगिरि
- सोमगृहपति
- सोमगोपा
- सोमग्रह
- सोमग्रहण
- सोमघृत
- सोमचक्षस्
- सोमचन्द्र
- सोमचमस
- सोमच्युत
- सोमज
- सोमजम्भन्
- सोमजम्भा
- सोमजा
- सोमजामि
- सोमजुष्ट
- सोमतिलकसूरि
- सोमतीर्थ
- सोमतेजस्
- सोमत्व
- सोमदक्ष
- सोमदत्त
- सोमदत्ति
- सोमदर्शन
- सोमदा
- सोमदीक्षाविधि
- सोमदेव
- सोमदेवत
- सोमदेवत्य
- सोमदैवज्ञ
- सोमदैवत्य
- सोमधान
- सोमधारा
- सोमधेय
- सोमनन्दिन्
- सोमनन्दीश्वर
- सोमनाथ
- सोमनाथीय
- सोमनीति
- सोमनेत्र
- सोमप
- सोमपञ्चक
- सोमपञ्चकप्रयोग
- सोमपञ्चिका
- सोमपण्डित
- सोमपति
- सोमपत्त्र
- सोमपत्नी
- सोमपद
- सोमपद्धति
- सोमपरिबाध्
- सोमपरिश्रयण
- सोमपर्ण
- सोमपर्याणहन
- सोमपर्वन्
- सोमपा
- सोमपात्र
- सोमपाथिन्
- सोमपान
- सोमपायिन्
- सोमपाल
- सोमपावन्
- सोमपित्सरु
- सोमपीडा
- सोमपीति
- सोमपीतिन्
- सोमपीथ
- सोमपीथिन्
- सोमपीविन्
- सोमपुत्र
- सोमपुर
- सोमपुरुष
- सोमपुरोगव
- सोमपूजा
- सोमपृष्ठ
- सोमपेय
- सोमप्रतिप्रस्थातृप्रयोग
- सोमप्रतीक
- सोमप्रथम
- सोमप्रभ
- सोमप्रयोग
- सोमप्रयोगकारिका
- सोमप्रयोगपद्धति
- सोमप्रयोगप्रायश्चित्त
- सोमप्रयोगमन्त्र
- सोमप्रयोगरत्नमाला
- सोमप्रयोगवृत्ति
- सोमप्रवाक
- सोमप्रश्न
- सोमप्रायश्चित्त
- सोमबन्धु
- सोमबृहस्पति
- सोमभक्ष
- सोमभट्ट
- सोमभागवताचार्य
- सोमभव
- सोमभाव
- सोमभुजगावली
- सोमभू
- सोमभृत्
- सोमभोजन
- सोममख
- सोममद्
- सोममद
- सोममन्त्रानुक्रमणिका
- सोममय
- सोममान
- सोममित्र
- सोममिश्र
- सोममैत्रावरुण
- सोमयज्ञ
- सोमयशस्
- सोमयाग
- सोमयाजमान
- सोमयाजमानप्रयोग
- सोमयाजिन्
- सोमयाज्या
- सोमयोग
- सोमयोगिन्
- सोमयोनि
- सोमरक्ष
- सोमरक्षि
- सोमरभस्
- सोमरश्मि
- सोमरस
- सोमराग
- सोमराज
- सोमराजक
- सोमराजन्
- सोमराजिका
- सोमराजिन्
- सोमराजी
- सोमराज्य
- सोमरात
- सोमराष्ट्र
- सोमरूप
- सोमरोग
- सोमरौद्र
- सोमर्षि
- सोमलता
- सोमलतिका
- सोमलिप्त
- सोमलोक
- सोमवंश
- सोमवंशिन्
- सोमवंशीय
- सोमवंश्य
- सोमवत्
- सोमवर्चस्
- सोमवल्क
- सोमवल्लरि
- सोमवल्लरी
- सोमवल्लिका
- सोमवल्ली
- सोमवहन
- सोमवह्निप्रकाश
- सोमवामिन्
- सोमवायव्य
- सोमवार
- सोमवार्यमावास्याव्रत
- सोमवासर
- सोमवाह
- सोमविक्रयिन्
- सोमविध
- सोमविधान
- सोमविहारकारिका
- सोमवीथी
- सोमवीर्य
- सोमवृक्ष
- सोमवृद्ध
- सोमवृद्धिवर्धन
- सोमवेश
- सोमवेष्टन
- सोमव्यास
- सोमव्रत
- सोमशकला
- सोमशतक
- सोमशतद्वयी
- सोमशम्भ
- सोमशम्भु
- सोमशर्मन्
- सोमशित
- सोमशुष्म
- सोमशुष्मन्
- सोमशूर
- सोमशेखराख्यनिबन्ध
- सोमश्रवस्
- सोमश्री
- सोमश्रेष्ठ
- सोमश्रौत
- सोमसंस्था
- सोमसखि
- सोमसंज्ञ
- सोमसत्सरु
- सोमसद्
- सोमसप्तहौत्रप्रयोग
- सोमसरण
- सोमसलिल
- सोमसव
- सोमसवन
- सोमसामन्
- सोमसार
- सोमसिद्धान्त
- सोमसिद्धान्तिन्
- सोमसिन्धु
- सोमसुत्
- सोमसुत
- सोमसुति
- सोमसुत्या
- सोमसुत्वन्
- सोमसूक्त
- सोमसूक्ष्मन्
- सोमसूत्र
- सोमसुर्यप्रकाश
- सोमसेन
- सोमस्वामिन्
- सोमहार
- सोमहारिन्
- सोमहूति
- सोमहोतृसप्तक
- सोमहोत्राग्निष्टोम
- सोमहौत्र
- सोमहौत्रप्रयोग