Somapana, dzԲ, Soma-pana: 9 definitions
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In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index1a) dzԲ (सोमपान).—The Madirāsīndhu of gods.*
- * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa IV. 28. 87.
1b) īٳ sacred to the Pitṛs; the residence of Vaiśvānara.*
- * Matsya-purāṇa 22. 62.

The Purana (पुरा�, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionarydzԲ (सोमपान).—drinking Soma juice.
Derivable forms: dzԲ (सोमपानम्).
dzԲ is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms soma and Բ (पा�).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionarydzԲ (सोमपान).—n.
(-Բ�) Drinking the juice of the acid Sarcostema, an essential part of sacrifices according to the Veda-ritual. E. soma, Բ drinking.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionarydzԲ (सोमपान).�1. [neuter] [abstract] to seq.
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dzԲ (सोमपान).�2. [adjective] Soma-drinking.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) dzԲ (सोमपान):—[=soma-Բ] [from soma] n. the drinking of S°, [Gautama-dharma-śāstra; Pañcatantra]
2) [v.s. ...] mfn. S° drinking, a S° drinker, [Taittirīya-saṃhitā; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionarydzԲ (सोमपान):—[soma-Բ] (Բ�) 1. n. Drinking the juice of the moon-plant.
[Sanskrit to German]
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpusSōmaԲ (ಸೋಮಪಾನ):—[noun] a drinking of the juice extracted from the sōma plant (Sarcostemma acidum) in a religious sacrifice.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
: unoes: Nepali-English DictionarydzԲ (सोमपान):—n. drinking of soma juice;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Comapanam.
Full-text: Compan, Comapanam, Vaishvanara, Payoshni.
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