Soman, Sōmaṉ: 9 definitions
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Sanskrit dictionary
[Deutsch Wörterbuch]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchSoman (सोमन्):—(von 1. su) m. Kelterer, Bereiter des Soma [das 4, 3.] [Yāska’s Nirukta 6, 10.] [Ṛgveda 1, 18, 1.] nach [UJJVAL.] zu [Uṇādisūtra 4, 150] soman = candra und yajñadravya .
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with (+34): Coman, Comancoti, Comanuppu, Somamgala, Somamka, Somana, Somanadeva, Somanadikayam, Somanadin, Somanaiyaprabhu, Somanamtiya, Somananda, Somananda acarya, Somanandabhashya, Somanandacarya, Somanandanatha, Somanandasunu, Somanandin, Somanandishvara, Somanasa.
Ends with: Coman, Kampiccoman, Pillaiccoman, Yashoman.
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Later Chola Temples (by S. R. Balasubrahmanyam)
Temples in Melaperumballam < [Chapter IV - Temples of Vikrama Chola’s Time]
Soma in Vedic Mythology and Ritual (study) (by Anjana Chakraborty)
Chapter II - Good In Relation To The Universe Of Form < [Part I - Good States Of Consciousness]