soma

Body.

The body of a multicellular organism as contrasted with its germ-cells.

In ancient India, a drink having intoxicating properties, expressed from the stems of a certain plant, and playing an important part in sacrifices, being offered especially to the god Indra. It was personified and deified, and worshiped as a god.

An East Indian plant, the probable source of the beverage soma.

In later Hind. myth., the moon, or the deity of the moon.