The Sanskrit term Somābhiṣava can be transliterated into English as Somabhisava or Somabhishava, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Ayurveda (science of life)

Dietetics and Culinary Art (such as household cooking)

Source: Shodhganga: Dietetics and culinary art in ancient and medieval India

Somābhiṣava (सोमाभिषव) refers to the process of “making of Soma drink” according to the Ṛgveda IX.65.6, and is commonly found in literature dealing with the topics of dietetics and culinary art, also known as Pākaśāstra or Pākakalā.—Somarasa was a very common beverage in Vedic period which is made of Soma plant (Sarcostemma viminalis). It is one of the most acclaimed offerings in śrauta rituals. Even the making of Soma drink (somābhiṣava) is a ritual in these sacrifices. Before crushing it, the plant was washed in water. Soma drink is prepared by grinding Soma creeper with a stone which is known as grāvā.

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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Somābhiṣava (सोमाभिषव).—the extraction of Soma juice.

Derivable forms: somābhiṣavaḥ (सोमाभिषवः).

Somābhiṣava is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms soma and abhiṣava (अभिषव).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Somābhiṣava (सोमाभिषव):—[from soma] m. the distilling or extracting of Soma-juice, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), 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.

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Partial matches: Abhishava, Soma.

Full-text: Adhishavana, Gravan, Somarasa, Soma, Magadhas, Abhishava.

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The Agnistoma Somayaga in the Shukla Yajurveda (by Madan Haloi)

Part 1: Meaning and Significance of the word Yajña < [Chapter 2 - An Introduction to the Ritualistic Religion of the Vedas]

Part 4.12: Collection of Vasatīvarī water < [Chapter 4 - The Agniṣṭoma Ritual]

Somasaṃsthā (5): Vājapeya < [Chapter 3 - The Somayāga]

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Soma in Vedic Mythology and Ritual (study) (by Anjana Chakraborty)

Chapter 1(d) - A Discussion on Vedic Rituals

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