Soma

Deity of the sacred soma draught and the moon; lord of the lunar dynasty

Parentage

Recorded default; alternative parentage accounts are listed separately below.

No parents recorded in the default.

Parentage accounts

Each account is a separate source claim. The parentage and children listed outside these accounts use the recorded default. Selecting an account in the interactive app updates its lineage, descent classification and inherited-power candidates. Linked pedigree accounts are selected together; other records retain their recorded parentage. Claims of ancestry are not proof of biological descent or attested powers.

• Atharvaveda 3.10: Ekāṣṭakā (father not named)

  deity by descent in this account.

  • mother: EkāṣṭakāAtharvaveda 3.10.12–13, Griffith translation (primary)
  Atharvaveda 3.10.12–13, Griffith translation (primary)

Children

• Budha

Children in alternative accounts

• Budha: Bhāgavata9.14: Tārā’s testimonyBhāgavata Purāṇa 9.14.4,11,13, Sanskrit and translation (primary)

Domains

• moon
• sacred draught
• plants and fertility

Powers

• Wax and wane as the cup of the gods' nectar

Epithets

• चन्द्र sanskrit · Candra · epithetThe Moon; the shining onePurāṇic tradition; classical astronomy/jyotiṣa (primary)
• इन्दु sanskrit · Indu · stotraThe bright drop; the moon / soma juiceṚgveda 9 (the Soma Maṇḍala) (primary)
• ओषधीश sanskrit · Oṣadhīśa · epithetLord of herbs and plantsṚgveda 9; Purāṇic tradition (the moon nourishing plants) (primary)
• पवमान sanskrit · Pavamāna · vedaThe self-clarifying; Soma flowing bright through the filterṚgveda, Maṇḍala 9 (the Pavamāna hymns) (primary)
• राजन् sanskrit · Soma rājan · vedaKing Soma; the royal draught and moon-lordṚgveda 9.1.1ff. (primary)

Relations

• father of: BudhaBhāgavata Purāṇa 9.14.4,11,13, Sanskrit and translation (primary)

Sources

• existence: Rigveda, Mandala 9 (primary)