Soma pressing stones
object · 2 works · 2 mentions · 5 anchored passages
pressing stones · pressing-stones · stones · the two pressing-stones
in the texts
Rigveda
The ritual stones used to press the soma, treated as objects of blessing in the rite.
let the swelling milk-cows low — may the two press-stones be yoked, the ornament of the sacrifice.
may the pressing-stones be auspicious;
the two pressing-stones have found their path as of a chariot;
Sāmaveda
The stones used to press the Soma plant to release its juice.
Soma, being pressed by the pressers upon the pressing stones from the sheep's wool, goes with a tawny stream like two horses;
the manly one who has run swiftly, who has pressed Soma with the stones in the midst of the waters.
O Soma, roaring, pressed with stones, pass through the wool filters of the sheep;