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Ōborisōma ware. Sōma ware gourd-shaped bottle, horse design. Edo period, 18-19th century. Ōborisōma ware (大堀相馬焼), also known as Ōbori ware (大堀焼) or Sōma ware (相馬焼) is a form of Japanese pottery traditionally from the Hamadōri area of Fukushima Prefecture, in the Tōhoku region of Japan .
Haoma ( / ˈhoʊmə /; Avestan: 𐬵𐬀𐬊𐬨𐬀) is a divine plant in Zoroastrianism and in later Persian culture and mythology. Haoma has its origins in Indo-Iranian religion and is the cognate of Vedic soma. [1] [2]
Soma is a Vedic Sanskrit word that literally means "distill, extract, sprinkle", often connected in the context of rituals. [9] Soma's Avestan cognate is the haoma. According to Geldner (1951), the word is derived from Indo-Iranian roots *sav- (Sanskrit sav-/su) "to press", i.e. *sau-ma- is the drink prepared by pressing the stalks of a plant ...
Botanical identity of soma–haoma. There has been much speculation as to the botanical identity of soma or haoma. Soma is a plant described in Hindu sacred texts including the Rigveda, while haoma is a plant described in the Avesta, a collection of Zoroastrian writings. Both names are derived from the Proto-Indo-Iranian *Sauma.
Soma. In cellular neuroscience, the soma ( pl.: somata or somas; from Greek σῶμα (sôma) 'body'), perikaryon ( pl.: perikarya ), neurocyton, or cell body is the bulbous, non-process portion of a neuron or other brain cell type, containing the cell nucleus. Although it is often used to refer to neurons, it can also refer to other cell types ...
The Pavamana Mantra ( pavamāna meaning "being purified, strained", historically a name of Soma ), also known as pavamāna abhyāroha ( abhyāroha, lit. "ascending", being an Upanishadic technical term for "prayer" [1] ) is an ancient Indian mantra introduced in the Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad (1.3.28.) [2] [3] [4] The mantra was originally ...
Carisoprodol. Carisoprodol, sold under the brand name Soma among others, is a medication used for musculoskeletal pain. [6] Effects generally begin within half an hour and last for up to six hours. [6] It is taken orally ( by mouth ). [6] Common side effects include headache, dizziness, and sleepiness. [6]
Sodom and Gomorrah. Lot and his daughters fleeing burning Sodom by Jan Brueghel the Elder and Hans Rottenhammer, 1597. In the Abrahamic religions, Sodom and Gomorrah ( / ˈsɒdəm /; / ɡəˈmɒrə /) were two cities destroyed by God for their wickedness. [1] Their story parallels the Genesis flood narrative in its theme of God's anger provoked ...