सोम
Soma

Sanskrit noun

Last edited: 2026-02-26
Primary meaning Moon
Literal translation Nectar
Edited by
Moon natural satellite

सूर्यस्य भागे दशमे तृतीये सोमस्य जीवस्य तु पंचमे स्यात् । सौरस्य विंशे त्वधिसप्तके च विन्द्याद् भृगोः पंचदशे बुधस्य ॥५९॥

sūryasya bhāge daśame tṛtīye somasya jīvasya tu paṃcame syāt | saurasya viṃśe tvadhisaptake ca vindyād bhṛgoḥ paṃcadaśe budhasya ||59||

‘The Sun, Moon, and Jupiter are in the 10th, 3rd, and 5th, degree respectively. However, Saturn, Venus, and Mercury in 20th, 27th, and 15th degree’

— Yavanajātaka 1.59

Genre: astrological treatise
Provenance: India
Date: 4th-6th century CE

Pingree, David. The Yavanajātaka of Sphujidhvaja. Harvard Oriental Series, vol. 48. Cambridge: Harvard University Press 54

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Malhotra, P. (2026). सोम (Lemma #6403). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6403/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Malhotra, P. (2026). सोम (Lemma #6403). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6403/
MLA (9th)
Malhotra, P. (2026). सोम (Lemma #6403). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6403/
Harvard
Malhotra, P. (2026) सोम (Lemma #6403), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6403/ (Accessed: March 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac6403,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-04]},
	author = {Malhotra, Poorvaa},
	year = {2026},
	title = {सोम ({Lemma} #6403)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6403/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6403/},
}