Calling on Vedic Wisdom
The juice extract of the soma plant ‘Soma rasa’ and its offering to deity Indra was the most important part of Somayajñas in Vedic period.
To understand how and why the soma was extracted and offered as oblation to deity Indra during the performance of soma yajñas, it is essential to know the significance of soma yajnas.
This paper explores why Indra was the popular God in Rig Veda poetry and why he was fond of the drink Soma.
Sincere thanks to all scholars who have pursued a rich life gathering Sanaatana Dharma wisdom…
Every place, being, trees, stones, everything in the Universe has a story to tell. The story has been in continuum from times immemorial. We constantly touch, explore in a process – the Yatra, the journey to know, and the curiosity is always kindled in us.
Definitions (along with explanation) covered in this issue:
“Mahaavaakyam {Great dictum/Declaration}”; “Vritti {Mental Modification/ Dispostion}”; “Shravanam {Listening}; “Mananam {Cogitation/Contemplation}”; “Nidi-dhyaasanam {Unbroken Mediatation}”; “Abhaavanaa {Ignorance of Reality}, Asambhaavanaa {Doubting the Reality} & Vipareeta-bhaavanaa {Contrary concept of Reality}”