Soma sacrifice
event · 4 works · 15 mentions · 31 anchored passages
soma-pressing · Soma-pressing · soma sacrifice · Jyotiṣṭoma · Pavamāna rite · pressing of soma · the pressing · the sacrifice · Soma pressing ritual · drink Soma
spoken of as
3 expressionsSoma-pressing sacrifice8 mentions
Rigveda (Sanskrit) · Sāmaveda (Sanskrit)
This sacrifice, this pressed Soma — bring it to Indra with homage.
Soma pressing and purification ritual“Pavamāna rite”3 mentions
Sāmaveda (Sanskrit) · Rigveda (Sanskrit)
the Pavamāna is alive and aware;
in the texts
Rigveda
The soma sacrifice, the recurring ritual event of pressing and offering soma to invited gods.
sit ye down upon the barhis-grass for the drinking of soma.
sit ye down upon the barhis-grass for the drinking of soma.
may they sit upon the barhis-grass for the drinking of soma.
Sāmaveda
The repeated ritual act of pressing, filtering, and offering Soma described across nearly the whole window.
the Pavamāna is alive and aware;
the gods have eagerly approached the drop of Soma.
O Soma, I rejoice in your friendship, O drop, day by day;
Vīramitrodaya
The major Vedic Soma sacrifice, whose correct timing relative to other rites is the subject of extensive legal analysis.
'Every year, the Soma sacrifice.
Baudhāyana also states another time:
### [The Time for the Soma Sacrifice]
Yājñavalkya Smṛti
A major Vedic sacrifice requiring sufficient grain wealth, to be performed annually.
He whose grain would last for a year should perform the rites preliminary to the Soma sacrifice.
The Soma sacrifice should be performed every year, the animal sacrifice every half-year, and the Āgrayaṇa Iṣṭi and the Cāturmāsyas must also be performed.
In the absence of the means for these, a twice-born should perform the Vaiśvānarī Iṣṭi. One should not perform a rite of a lesser kind when having the resources for a fruitful one. // Yj_1.126 //