soma

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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noun leafless East Indian vine; its sour milky juice formerly used to make an intoxicating drink
noun personification of a sacred intoxicating drink used in Vedic ritual
noun alternative names for the body of a human being

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek σῶμα (sôma, “body”).

Soma, 52, 58, 198, 267, 378, 554. — The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse, Valmiki
Soma has been half the day gambling with me. — Captain Canot; Or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver, Theodore Canot
[623] The Indians worship a god Homa, the personification of the intoxicating soma juice. — The Anabasis of Alexander : $b or, The history of the wars and conquests of Alexander the Great, Arrian

haoma, Sarcostemma acidum

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