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- Soma (Sanskrit), or Haoma (Avestan), refers to a ritual drink of importance in ancient Vedic and Persian culture. This drink was composed from ...14 KB (2,226 words) - 01:08, 4 February 2023
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- Soma (Sanskrit), or Haoma (Avestan), refers to a ritual drink of importance in ancient Vedic and Persian culture. This drink was composed from ...14 KB (2,226 words) - 01:08, 4 February 2023
- or whether it was the same as the Vedic Soma, proposing several possible ... Both Avestan haoma and Sanskrit soma derived from proto-Indo-Iranian ...15 KB (2,243 words) - 05:09, 25 June 2024
- and transmits the signals toward the cell body (soma) from which the dendrite protrudes, normally using short-distance graded potentials rather than ...15 KB (2,188 words) - 02:26, 25 August 2020
- left to right): Dendrites, cell body (or soma), axon, and axon terminal.]] ... Neurons have four main components: a soma, or cell body, which contains ...8 KB (1,163 words) - 17:20, 25 February 2025
- as delighting in the consumption of Soma, a hallucionogenic beverage ... For instance, when he is intoxicated with soma, Indra has a penchant for ...18 KB (2,865 words) - 17:34, 28 November 2024
- nerves. Neurons are typically composed of a soma, or cell body, a dendritic ... away from the neuron's cell body, or soma. The axons of neurons may ...10 KB (1,539 words) - 23:55, 3 December 2023
- cattle, these beans were given to Pusan and Soma as an offering, and so, from ... of the rite would consume the intoxicating soma beverage in hopes of experiencing ...11 KB (1,709 words) - 22:13, 30 November 2022
- Harry Falk, Soma I and II, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and ... *Falk, Harry. 1989. "Soma I and II." Bulletin of the School ...11 KB (1,659 words) - 04:48, 1 May 2023
- Greek: kykeon; African: Iboga; Vedic: Soma, Amrit. Chemicals used today ... as an entheogen. The ancient inebriant Soma, mentioned often in the Vedas ...32 KB (4,699 words) - 18:57, 13 February 2024
- one-way causal links from psyche to soma, or vice-versa, it aimed at ... medicine to state that psyche and soma cannot really be separated ...23 KB (3,290 words) - 09:28, 18 July 2024
- left to right): Dendrites, cell body (or soma), axon, and axon terminal.]] ... Most neurons are composed of four main components: A soma, or cell ...16 KB (2,070 words) - 23:38, 30 June 2025
- 1937-1945) Evelyn Keyes (1946-1950) Ricki Soma (1950-1969) Celeste Shane ... He then married ballet dancer Enrica (Ricki) Soma, and they remained ...23 KB (3,526 words) - 22:00, 30 January 2025
- * A soma, or cell body, is the central part of the neuron and contains ... into small electric impulses to transmit to the soma. * An axon is ...35 KB (5,305 words) - 17:22, 25 February 2025
- books 2–7, although some hold book 9, the Soma Mandala, to be even more ancient ... Indra, Agni (the sacrificial fire), and Soma and some deities of social ...25 KB (3,858 words) - 14:44, 3 May 2023
- lysis, which means dissolution or destruction, and soma, which means body. They are frequently nicknamed "suicide-bags" or "suicide-sacs ...11 KB (1,480 words) - 10:41, 9 March 2023
- and nerves. Neurons are typically composed of a soma, or cell body, a dendritic tree, and an axon. The large majority of what are commonly called ...12 KB (1,824 words) - 05:14, 3 November 2025
- similar role, gandharva prepared and guarded Soma, the intoxicating ritual beverage which was thought to bestow power on both gods and human beings alike. ...10 KB (1,584 words) - 17:05, 13 May 2025
- for an herb with narcotic properties called Soma. Moreover, each is associated ... due to the identification of the moon with Soma, and there is a hymn in the ...43 KB (6,555 words) - 20:31, 21 April 2021
- Mankind, taken from his poem, "The Brewing of Soma." A bridge named for Whittier, built in the style of the Sagamore and Bourne Bridges ...11 KB (1,653 words) - 21:55, 30 January 2025
- Vrtra; Agni, the sacrificial fire; and Soma, the sacred potion or the ... *Mandala 9 comprises 114 hymns, entirely devoted to Soma Pavamana ...41 KB (6,083 words) - 01:40, 15 December 2022
