In 10. 135. 5, as Indra drinks Soma he is described as refreshed by Sarasvati.

The Soma cube is a solid dissection puzzle invented by Piet Hein in 1933 during a lecture on quantum mechanics conducted by Werner Heisenberg.

The pieces of the Soma cube consist of all possible combinations of three or four unit cubes, joined at their faces, such that at least one inside corner is formed.

The Soma cube is sometimes regarded as the 3D equivalent of polyominoes.

Similar to Soma cube is the 3D pentomino puzzle, which can fill boxes of 2 × 3 × 10, 2 × 5 × 6 and 3 × 4 × 5 units.

It is the colour of the Sun and of Soma.

Soma is another name of the Moon god in Hinduism.

The name Anthesteria ( Ἀνθεστήρια ), according to the account of it given above, is usually connected with ἄνθος ( plural: ἄνθη or ἄνθεα ; root: ἀνθεσ -) " flower ," or the " bloom " of the grape, cognate to Sanskrit andhas " Soma plant ".

Simek says that Snorri ’ s description is further proven faithful by way of the ( above mentioned ) 10th century skaldic kenning “ Kvasir ’ s blood ” ( Old Norse Kvasis dreya ), and that strong parallels exist between the Old Norse tale of the theft of the Mead of Poetry by Odin ( in the form of an eagle ) and the Sanskrit tale of the theft of Soma — beverage of the gods — by the god Indra ( or an eagle ), and that these parallels point to a common Proto-Indo-European basis.

It is frequently mentioned in the Rigveda, whose Soma Mandala contains 114 hymns, many praising its energizing qualities.

The consumption of Soma by human beings is well attested in Vedic ritual.

The Ninth Mandala of the Rigveda is known as the Soma Mandala.

In the Vedic ritual Agnistoma ( or Somayaga ), Soma is to be presented as the main offering.

The Somalatha ( Sanskrit: Soma creeper ) which is procured in small quantities from the Himalayan region is used to prepare Soma rasam or Soma juice.

Soma is associated with the warrior-god Indra, and has been drunk by him before his battle with Vṛtra.

Soma is also often associated with Light and Indra is the " Lord of Light " as shown in the following verses from the RgVeda: RV 8. 82. 25 For thee, O Lord of Light, are shed these Soma-drops, and grass is strewn.

Several texts like the Atharvaveda extol the medicinal properties of Soma and he is regarded as the king of medicinal herbs ( and also of the Brahmana class ).

The most ancient Vedic devas included Indra, Agni, Soma, Varuna, Mitra, Savitri, Rudra, Prajapati, Vishnu, Aryaman, and the ashvins.

Soma ( Sanskrit स ो म sóma ), or Haoma ( Avestan ), from Proto-Indo-Iranian * sauma -, was a ritual drink of importance among the early Indo-Iranians, and the subsequent Vedic and greater Persian cultures.

In 1989 Harry Falk noted that, in the texts, both haoma and soma were said to enhance alertness and awareness, did not coincide with the consciousness altering effects of an entheogen, and that " there is nothing shamanistic or visionary either in early Vedic or in Old Iranian texts ", ( Falk, 1989 ) At the conclusion of the 1999 Haoma-Soma workshop in Leiden, Jan E. M. Houben writes: " despite strong attempts to do away with ephedra by those who are eager to see * sauma as a hallucinogen, its status as a serious candidate for the Rigvedic Soma and Avestan Haoma still stands " ( Houben, 2003 ).

Chandra is also identified with the Vedic Lunar deity Soma ( lit.

These share a common inheritance of concepts including the universal force * rta ( Vedic rta, Avestan asha ), the sacred plant and drink * sauma ( Vedic Soma, Avestan Haoma ) and gods of social order such as * mitra ( Vedic Mitra, Avestan and Old Persian Mithra, Miϑra ), * bhaga ( Vedic Bhaga, Avestan and Old Persian Baga ).

* The Vedic ambrosia drink Sauma ( see Soma ).

A bas-relief on a sculpted cliff has an image of Shiva and a shrine dedicated to Vishnu, indicating the growing importance of these Sangam period deities and a weakening of the roles of Vedic gods such as Indra and Soma.

Soma was a ritual drink of importance among the early Indo-Iranians, and the subsequent Vedic and greater Persian cultures.

Chandra is also identified with the Vedic lunar deity Soma.

* Served as Vedic consultant and co-author, and contributed a chapter (" Part II: The Post-Vedic History of the Soma Plant ," pp. 95 – 147 ) in Soma: Divine Mushroom of Immortality, by R. Gordon Wasson ( New York: Harcourt Brace, 1968 ).

The central myth at the base of Vedic ritual surrounds Indra who, inebriated with Soma, slays the dragon ( ahi ) Vrtra, freeing the rivers, the cows and Dawn.

Some major deities of the Vedic tradition include Indra, Surya, Agni, Vayu, Varuna, Mitra, Aditi, Yama, Soma, Ushas, Sarasvati, Prithvi, and Rudra.

However the Śrauta tradition emphasises the Vedic form of the Agnihotra, New and Full Moon sacrifices and a few more complex rituals, including the Agnistoma ( Soma ) sacrifice.

The Vedic god Soma was the ‘ master of plants ’ and the ‘ healer of disease ’, in addition to a bringer of wealth.

Scholars have connected Kvasir to methods of beverage production and peacemaking practices among ancient peoples, and have pointed to a potential basis in Proto-Indo-European myth by way of Sanskrit tales involving the holy beverage Soma and its theft by the god Indra.

Sanskrit indu " drop ( of Soma )", also a term for the Moon, is unrelated, but has sometimes been erroneously connected, listed by, among others, Colonel James Todd in his Annals of Rajputana.

Soma has been discussed in detail by Martin Gardner and John Horton Conway, and the book Winning Ways for your Mathematical Plays contains a detailed analysis of the Soma cube problem.

There are 240 distinct solutions of the Soma cube puzzle, excluding rotations and reflections: these are easily generated by a simple recursive backtracking search computer program similar to that used for the eight queens puzzle.

In the Samudra manthan chapter of the Puranas, Shesha loosens Mount Mandara for it to be used as a churning rod by the Asuras and Devas to churn the ocean of milk in the heavens in order to make Soma ( or Amrita ), the divine elixir of immortality.

They guarded the Soma and made beautiful music for the gods in their palaces.

Later, knowledge of the ingredient was lost altogether, and Indian ritual reflects this, in expiatory prayers apologizing to the gods for the use of a substitute plant ( somalataa, e. g. the pūtīka ) because Soma had become unavailable.

In his book Food of the Gods, ethnobotanist Terence McKenna postulates that the most likely candidate for Soma is the mushroom Psilocybe cubensis, a hallucinogenic mushroom that grows in cow dung in certain climates.

Teeter records success with his use of Amanita muscaria and his experiments to duplicate the described occurrences surrounding the production, use and effects described for Soma and the Grail.

Blue Tide: The Search for Soma.

Ploughing the clouds: The search for Irish Soma, City Lights, 1999.

Soma is still coined as name for an entheogenic brew ( avestic: Haoma ) still in ceremonial use.

* Ploughing the Clouds: The Search for Irish Soma ( 1999 ) ISBN 0-87286-326-3

He is best known for his compositions for the video games Chrono Trigger, Chrono Cross, Mario Party, Shadow Hearts, Shadow Hearts: Covenant, Xenogears, Xenosaga Episode I, Soma Bringer, Xenoblade, and Inazuma Eleven.

Several additional species belonging to the genus Ephedra have traditionally been used for a variety of medicinal purposes, and are a possible candidate for the Soma plant of Indo-Iranian religion.

They picked up his single recorded for Soma with his combo The Shadows, " Suzie Baby ", and stuck with him as a solo act.

Highly regarded in his lifetime and for a period thereafter, he is now remembered for his poem Snow-Bound, and the words of the hymn Dear Lord and Father of Mankind, from his poem " The Brewing of Soma ", sung to music by Hubert Parry.

The Samaveda outlined the ritual chants for singing the verses of the Rigveda, particularly for offerings of Soma.

Galamoth would make a reappearance in Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow for the Game Boy Advance as a soul used by the protagonist Soma Cruz to counter the effects of time-stopping magic of the Chronomage creature.