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Since the Soma sacrifice forms the main feature of the ritual of the Rgveda, the myth of Soma is naturally one of the most important deities of the veda. He is celebrated in one hundred and fourteen hymns. Soma is terrestrial plant, it is also celestial, its true origin and abode are regarded as in heaven. It is said that the birth of the plant is on high; being in heaven it has been received by earth. 115 The "intoxicatin juice' is the 'child of heaven', 116 which is an epithet frequently applied to Soma. In one passage, he is called the offspring of the Sun. In one hymn of the Rgveda, Soma plant described as maujavata,117 which according to later statements would means produced on Mount Mujavat. Soma is also several times described as dwelling in the mountains. 鈫�> esa sya mitravaruna nrcaksa ubhe udeti suryo abhijmane | visvasya syaturjagatasca gopa rju martesu vrjina ca pasyan || Ibid. VII. 60.2. uda va caksurvaruna sugratikam devayeriti suryastatantan | abhi yo visva bhuvanani caste sa manyum martyesva ciketa || VII. 61.1. 115. uccate jatamandhaso divi padbhumya dade | ugram sarma mahi sravah || Rgveda, IX.61.1. 116. esa sya madyo raso'va caste divah sisuh ya indurvaramavisat || Ibid. IX.38.5. 117. travepa ma brhato madayanti pravateja harine vavrtanah | somasyeva maujavatasya bhaksovibhidako jagrvirmahyamacchan || Ibid. X. 34.1.