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Niranjan Chandra Shah

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Soma, an Enigmatic, Mysterious Plant of the Vedic Āryas: An Appraisal

Revista de Fomento Social March 4, 2015 Niranjan Chandra Shah 10 citations

Soma plant has been a mystery since a long time.A number of plants were proposed as Soma in the past by various authorities.Wasson (1968) proposed and claimed with a specific approach that Amanita muscaria, a mushroom was the Soma of the gveda.The juice of it was used as Soma drink.The Vedic Āryas (earlier called 'Vedic Āryans'), were the composer of gveda.They used to compose hymns (mantras)...