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soma-pāḥ — drinkers of soma juice; BG 9.20

soma-pāḥ — drinking soma juice; SB 3.32.3

soma-pān — demigods; SB 4.7.56

soma-rājaḥ — the king of the moon planet; SB 4.22.56

soma — of the moon; SB 5.10.17

soma-pīthe — drinking the intoxicant called soma; SB 5.15.12

soma-ādayaḥ — headed by the moon; SB 5.21.11

soma-sutaḥ — the son of the moon; SB 5.22.13

soma-pīthaḥ — drink soma-rasa; SB 5.26.29

soma-pītham — used for drinking the beverage soma; SB 6.9.1

soma-pītham — used for drinking soma-rasa; SB 6.9.5

soma-pāḥ — drinkers of soma-rasa; SB 6.18.66-67

soma — of the moon-god; SB 8.4.17-24

soma-āhutyā — with a share in the soma-yajña; SB 9.3.26

soma-vaṃśe — when the dynasty of the moon-god; SB 9.22.11

soma-sūryayoḥ — of the moon-god and the sun-god; SB 10.1.1

soma-rājam — the kingly; SB 10.84.47

soma — moon; SB 11.14.36-42

soma-sūryayoḥ — of the sun-god and the moon-god; SB 12.2.25

soma — the moon; SB 12.9.8-9

soma-vaṃśasya — of the dynasty of the moon-god; SB 12.12.25-26

soma-giriḥ — Somagiri (the initiating guru); CC Adi 1.57

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Here is Wikipedia's take:

 

 

The indigenous peoples of Siberia (from whom the term shaman was appropriated) have used the fly agaric mushroom (Amanita muscaria) as an entheogen. The ancient inebriant Soma, mentioned often in the Vedas, may have been an entheogen. (In his 1967 book, Wasson argues that Soma was fly agaric. The active ingredient of Soma is presumed by some to be ephedrine, an alkaloid with stimulant and (somewhat debatable) entheogenic properties derived from the soma plant, identified as Ephedra pachyclada.) However, there are also arguments to suggest that Soma could have also been Syrian Rue, Cannabis, or some combination of any of the above plants.
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Here is Wikipedia's take:

In his 1967 book, Wasson argues that Soma was fly agaric

 

That is a complete nonsense. The soma plant was actually hard to grind. Special grinding stones and stone bowls were used for that purpose. Grinding was needed to make the soma-rasa, juice extracted from the plant. It also had nothing to do with the ganja plant, as ganja was well known in Vedic times and was certainly a separate plant. Fly agaric is a very soft mushroom and can be made into a paste with your bare fingers.

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Yeah. You know those kooky scholars and their wacky theories.

 

 

That is a complete nonsense. The soma plant was actually hard to grind. Special grinding stones and stone bowls were used for that purpose. Grinding was needed to make the soma-rasa, juice extracted from the plant. It also had nothing to do with the ganja plant, as ganja was well known in Vedic times and was certainly a separate plant. Fly agaric is a very soft mushroom and can be made into a paste with your bare fingers.
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