One must take into account that soma is basically a secretion in the brain due to spiritual practices of yoga, pranayama and meditation. Atharva Veda (XI.6.15) specifically mentions five great plants of which Soma is the best, including marijuana, barley and darbha (kusha or durva), showing that many plants have soma-like qualities. One of the oldest plants cultivated by humans is Cannabis sativa but has always remained an epicenter of controversy till date.Įarliest known reports regarding the sacred status of cannabis in India came from Atharva Veda estimated to have been written sometime around 2000-4000 BC. Most of the early Vedic medicine was blended with religion, magic and empiric elements and compiled in Atharva Veda. Rig Veda (VIII.91.1) characterizes soma as watery plant, or plant growing near water which when crumpled yielded milky juice. Yajur Veda: Knowledge of Sacrificial formulas – contains explanatory prose commentaries on how to perform religious rituals and sacrifices.Ītharva Veda: Knowledge of Magical formulas – has charms and magical invocations with folkloristic style.Īlthough ancient Indians believed in many gods, more than half the hymns in Rig Veda call upon Lord Indra (Storm / Sky God also known as God of War), Agni (God of Fire) and Soma.Īccording to Vedic texts, Soma is great deity with enormous, spiritual power and was personification of sacred soma plant, whose juice was holy and intoxicating to gods and men. Sama Veda: Knowledge of Melodies – written entirely from Rig Veda but the verses is arranged in a way that makes it easy to chant.
Rig Veda: Knowledge of Hymns of Praise – is the largest of 4 collections consisting of 1028 hymns, written with similes and citations that are quite hard to understand. Vedic texts are collection (Samhita) of four Vedas namely Vedas meaning “knowledge” are collection of hymns and religious texts composed during 1500 – 1000 BCE in India. It is believed that it was Soma that gave Vedic worshippers a ephemeral taste of divinity. The drug was the scared beverage called Soma (amrita) - the “nectar of immortality”. The Vedas, whose texts was compiled during 2nd millennium BC and passed down verbally through generations essentially unchanged. Introduction: India infused with in faith was in ancient times considered as land of mystery and magic currently the most ethnically diverse country in the world and home for one of the oldest religion on earth that was based on ritual intake of a psychotropic drug. ‘भङ्ग’ (bhang) refers to the cannabis plant. “To the five kingdoms of the plants which Soma rules as Lord we speak.ĭarbha, hemp, barley, mighty power: may these deliver us from woe.” Book 11, Hymn 6, Verse 15 of Atharva Veda-Samhita
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