सोमरस sōmras

Hindi is also shown in Latin characters, using an adapted form of ISO 15919 transliteration.

How to read the transliteration

This site uses transliteration based on ISO 15919, with a few adaptations to make reading easier: h is added after c, ś and ṣ, and i after the vowel r̥. These adaptations bring it closer to the Hunterian system used in India while retaining the distinctive marks of ISO 15919.

Adaptations used on this site
ISO 15919On this site
cch
śśh
ṣṣh
r̥r̥i

A few reading pointers:

  • ā, ī, ū: the line above the letter indicates a long vowel.
  • ṭ, ḍ, ṇ: the dot below distinguishes retroflex consonants from t, d, n.
  • A tilde above a vowel indicates nasalisation.

sa · n. · m.

Earlier definition

Definition

The juice of the moon-plant, soma-juice.
Nectar, ambrosia, the beverage of the gods.
(Bābā) The beverage that constitutes the Knowledge that God offers us to become immortal (future gods and goddesses).

Usual translation

  1. nectar

Origin of the definition

रस ras (sanskrit)

Juice.
(aesthetic) relish.
Sentiment.
Pleasure, enjoyment.
Taste, flavour.

S سوم सोम soma, vulg. som, 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; water; the moon; air, wind; camphor; rice-gruel; heaven, sky, ether; — name of a particular mountainous range; name of one of the eight guardian deities (lok-pāl) of the world; an epithet of Kuver; of Yam; and of Monday. soma-ras, s.m. The juice of the moon-plant, soma-juice. som-nāth, 'Soma's lord, the divinity set up by Soma or the Moon'; name of a celebrated Linga, i.e. columnar emblem of Śiva or Mahādev, or of the place or temple where it was set up (this temple was established in the town of Somnāth-pattan, and was one of the twelve celebrated Linga temples which, in various parts of India, are held in especial veneration; it was so famed for its splendour and enormous wealth, that it attracted the attention of the celebrated Maḥmūd of Gaznī, who, in A.D. 1024, under pretext of destroying its idols, carried off its treasures along with its renowned gates).

Usage in the murlis

Murlis of the day (and original sakar)

23 occurrences

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Mamma

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Created
Friday 16 July 2021
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Wednesday 19 March 2025