Soma, food of the immortals according to the Bower Manuscript (Kashmir, 6th century A.D.).
Journal of Ethnopharmacology August 8, 2014 Marco Leonti, Laura Casu 15 citations
Food is medicine and vice versa. In Hindu and Ayurvedic medicine, and among human cultures of the Indian subcontinent in general, the perception of the food-medicine continuum is especially well established. The preparation of the exhilarating, gold-coloured Soma, Amrita or Ambrosia, the elixir and food of the 'immortals'-the Hindu pantheon-by the ancient Indo-Aryans, is described in the...