Soma

Definitions

1. Acronym of South of Market: a neighborhood of San Francisco, California, United States.
   South, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
2. The soma juice, capitalized usually when mentioned in personified, deified form.
   Hinduism
3. The whole axial portion of an animal, including the head, neck, trunk, and tail.
4. A city in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.
5. A ritual drink in ancient Vedic culture, obtained by pressing the Soma plant.
   Vedic, uncountable
6. Any kind of intoxicating drug.
   broadly, uncountable
7. Acronym of South Main: a neighbourhood of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
   abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
8. A female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
9. The body of an organism in contrast to the germ cells.
10. The bulbous part of a neuron, containing the cell nucleus.
11. The corporeal body, as distinguished from the psyche or soul and the pneuma or spirit.

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Examples

“Once he had drunk the intoxicating soma, he experienced an ascent to the gods without having to die⟳ a violent death, as in the old ritual.”

“[…] there is always soma, delicious soma, half a gramme for a half-holiday, a gramme for a week-end, two grammes for a trip⟳ to the gorgeous East, three for a dark eternity on the moon […]”

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