Soma

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Soma is a Vedic deity associated with the sacred ritual drink, the Moon, and divine inspiration in ancient Indian religion.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Soma canonical 13
Soma drink 1
Soma sacrifice 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hindu deity
Vedic deity
deity
associatedDeity Agni
Indra
Varuna
associatedWith Moon
Vedic ritual
divine inspiration
ecstasy
immortality
sacred ritual drink
sacrifice
astralAssociation Nakshatras
astralRole lord of constellations
celestialBody Moon
culture Ancient Indian
domain cosmology
poetry
ritual
epithet Amrita-giver
King Soma
Lord of plants
function granting immortality
inspiring poets and seers
invigorating the gods
gender male
languageOfName Sanskrit
laterIdentification Chandra
mythologicalTheme cosmic order
immortality of the gods
nameMeaning extract
pressed juice
region Indian subcontinent
linked to: South Asia
religion Hinduism
Vedic religion
linked to: Vedic pantheon
role deity of inspiration
deity of the sacred drink
lunar deity
substancePersonified Soma drink
linked to: Soma
substanceType plant-based drink
ritual intoxicant
textMentionedIn Atharvaveda
Rigveda
textType Vedic hymn
worshipContext Soma sacrifice
Vedic sacrifice

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Vedic period keyDeity Soma
Rigveda usedIn Soma sacrifice
linked to: Soma
Agni associatedWith Soma
Soma substancePersonified Soma drink
linked to: Soma
Ashvins offering Soma
Mitra offeringType Soma
Somayajna coreElement Soma
Gandiva previouslyPossessedBy Soma
subject linked to: Gandiva bow
Devas associatedWith Soma
Enrica Soma familyName Soma