As a deity name
Name 631 of the Hanuman Sahasranāma — Rasvin Samhita / Brahmanda Purana, as taught by Lord Ram / Sages
Name 871 of the Narasimha Sahasranāma — Brahmanda Purana / Narasimha Purana, as taught by Sages to Assembly of Devotees
Name 61 of the Shiva Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Sage Tandi to Sage Upamanyu
Name 369 of the Surya Sahasranāma — Bhavishya Purana, as taught by Lord Brahma / Sages
As a Hindi name
सोम · noun · masculine
प्राचीन काल की एक लता का नाम · एक प्रकार की लता जो वैदिक काल के सोम से भिन्न है · वैदिक काल के एक प्राचीन देवता जिनकी ऋग्वेद में बहुत स्तुति की गई है । इंद्र और वरुण की भांति इन्हें मानवी रुप नहीं दिया गया है — Śabdasāgara
सोम · noun · masculine
वह जो सोमरस चुआता या बनाता हो · सोमयज्ञ करनेवाला · चंद्रमा — Śabdasāgara
सोम · soma · s.m.
The moon-plant, Sarccstema viminalis, or Asclepias acida; the acid juice of this plant (prescribed to be drunk at sacrifices); nectar, the beverage of the gods; ambrosia — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 700
सोम · masculine
Soma; Lord Chandra
सोम · masculine
the moon
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi सोम — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit सोम (soma).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
1. soma 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)
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
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…
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M1 · same meaning "soma" is the vocative of "somā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "soma" is the vocative of "soman" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
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Dictionary citations
1. soma 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.
somā (ā), f. the Soma plant, L.
N. of an Apsaras, MBh.
soman m. one who presses or prepares Soma, RV.; Naigh.; Nir.
a S˚ sacrificer, MW.
Alternative readings
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