Gandharvas also linked with the Soma plant in many verses. Nowhere in the world we see Mantras on narcotic drug in a religious book; so it is not a narcotic drug. 16 We are considered by him as something base, and he avoids our ways as unclean; he calls the last end of the righteous happy, and boasts that God is his father.
The herb sellers must have also used it and danced if it is an intoxicating drink.It is older than the Hammurabi code according to the evidence in it and other scriptures like Bhagavad Gita.In the Haoma (Soma) Yasht (hymn), Zarathustra(Zoroaster) seeing the Haoma (Soma) plant addresses it in these words:In the last stage they gave it to different Gods in cups that were named differently.I am answering more questions; I will publish them separately.Manu Smrti (MS) is the oldest law book in the world according to the internal evidence (Please see below about Soma Herb and Saraswati River).The Vedic seers praised the Soma as ‘The King’, ‘the guest’ etc.Mystery of Manu: Rig Veda Mystery No.8, posted on 19 January 2015The soma plant increases fertility (YV 6-5-8-5) according to Yajur Veda.There is no book in the world that deals with so many topics as MS.I have already given what the Tamil inscription said about it: It purified the mind. Shatapatha Brahmana (4.5.10.2-6) lists the substitutes to be used in the ritual when soma is not available. Indian Ph.D walas felt happier when they found some stuff to grind in their Mill of Falsehood. It is then the (psycho)pharmacological properties of that plant which must explain what is indicated of haoma/soma in the Avesta and Vedas. Soma wars off diseases.I will write more about it soon.Pictures are taken from various sources; thanks.Eagle/ Garuda reference: RV- I-80:2; 93-6; RV. may be considered as a composite psychoactive substance comprising of cannabis and ephedra in one instance and opium and ephedra in another.”According to Russian archeologist Victor Sariandidi:Parts of the Vedas seem to describe the pressing of cannabis flowers in the preparation of Soma.Also, the beautiful fragrance of Soma is referred to a number of times, hardly something that would be applicable to a mushroom.“for the first time in the world archeological practice, monumental temples were found in which intoxicating beverages of the Soma-Haoma type were prepared for cult ceremonies? Soma, in ancient India, an unidentified plant the juice of which was a fundamental offering of the Vedic sacrifices.
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The juice was collected, purified and drunk unfermented.The Avesta proper consists of three parts: Yasna, Visperad, and Vendidad. There has been a long search for the identity of the original Soma plant was and several plants have been proposed as representing it.