somaH [ su-man ; Uṇ. 1. 139 ] 1 N. of a plant, the most important ingredient in ancient sacrificial offerings. 2 The juice of the plant; as in somapA, somapITin . 3 Nectar, beverage of the gods. 4 The moon. [In mythology, the moon is represented as having sprung from the eye of the sage Atri; ( cf. R. 2. 75 ); or as produced from the sea at the time of churning. The twenty-seven asterisms-mythologically represented as so many daughters of Dakṣa q. v. - ( pb ) are said to be his wives. The phenomenon of the periodical waning of the moon is explained by a myth which states that his nectarous digits are drunk up by different gods in regular rotation, or by the invention of another legend which says that the moon, on account of his particular fondness and partiality for Rohiṇi, one of the 27 daughters of Dakṣa, was cursed by his father-inlaw to be consumptive, but that at the intercession of his wives the sentence of eternal consumption was commuted to one of periodical consumption. Soma is also represented as having carried off Tārā, the wife of Bṛhaspati, by whom he had a son named Budha, who afterwards became the founder of the lunar race of kings; see Tārā ( b ) also]. 5 A ray of light. 6 Camphor. 7 Water. 8 Air, wind. 9 N. of Kubera. 10 Of Śiva. 11 Of Yama. 12 N. of Sugrīva. 13 (As the last member of comp. ) Chief, principal, best; as in nfsoma q. v. — maM 1 Ricegruel. 2 Sky, heaven. Comp. — aBizavaH the extraction of Soma juice. — ahaH Monday. — AKyaM the red lotus. — ISvaraH a celebrated representation of Śiva. — udBavA N. of the river Narmadā; R. 5. 59 ; (where Malli. quotes Ak. revA tu narmadA somodBavA mekalakanyakA ). — kAMta a. lovely as the moon. — (taH) the moon-stone. — kzayaH disappearance or waning of the moon. — garBaH N. of Viṣṇu. — grahaH a vessel for holding Soma. — ja a. moon-born. — (jaH) an epithet of the planet Mercury. — (jaM) milk. — DArA the sky, heaven. — nATaH 1 N. of a celebrated Liṅga or the place where it was set up; (which by its splendour and enormous wealth attracted the attention of Mahomad of Ghazani who in 1024 A. D. destroyed the image and carried off the treasures); tezAM mArge paricayavaSAdarjitaM gurjarARAM yaH saMtApaM SiTilamakarot somanATaM vilokya . Vikr. 18. 87. — pa , pA , m. 1 one who drinks the Soma. 2 a Soma-sacrificer. 3 a particular class of Pitṛs. — patiH N. of Indra. — pAnaM drinking Soma juice. — pAyin — pITin, -pItin m. a drinker of Soma juice; tatra kecit… somapITina uduMbaranAmAmo brahmavAdinaH prativasaMti sma Māl. 1. — pItiH f. 1 drinking Soma 2 ( pb ) a Soma sacrifice. — putraH, -BUH, -sutaH epithets of Budha or Mercury. — pravAkaH a person commissioned to engage sacrificial priests ( Srotriya ) for a Soma sacrifice. — baMDuH 1 the sun. 2 N. of Budha or mercury. 3 the white water-lily. — yajYaH, -yAgaH the Soma sacrifice. — yAjin m. one who performs a Soma sacrifice. — yoniH a sort of yellow and fragrant sandal. — rogaH a particular disease of women. — latA, -vallarI 1 the Soma plant. 2 N. of the river Godāvarī. — vaMSaH the lunar race of kings founded by Budha. — valkaH 1 a kind of white Khadira. 2 N. of the plants ( karaMja and kawPala ). — vallariH (rI), -vallikA, -vallI f. the moon-plant. — vAraH, -vAsaraH Monday. — vikrayin m. a vendor of Soma juice. — vfkzaH, -sAraH the white Khadira. — SakalA a kind of cucumber. — saMjYaM camphor. — sad m. a particular class of Manes or Pitṛs; Ms. 3. 195. — siMDuH an epithet of Viṣṇu. — sut m. a Soma distiller. — sutA the river Narmadā; cf. somodBavA above. — sUtraM a channel for conveying water from a Śiva-liṅga . °pradakziRA circumambulation around a Śiva-liṅga so as not to cross the Soma-sūtra .