[su-man; Uṇ. 1. 139] 1 N. of a plant, the most important ingredient in ancient sacrificial of- ferings.

2 The juice of the plant; as in somapā, somapīthin.

3 Nectar, beverage of the gods.

4 The moon. [In mythology, the moon is repre- sented as having sprung from the eye of the sage Atri; (cf. R. 2. 75); or as produced from the sea at the time of churning. The twenty-seven aste- risms-mythologically represented...