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Madhu

Wine-like drink from Indian mythology; see under Soma.

Soma

Name (Sanskrit "squeezed juice") for the "intoxicating potion of the gods" mentioned in the oldest part of the Indian Vedas. It is used to name a deity, a plant and also the intoxicating potion prepared from it. An eagle or a falcon is said to have brought soma from heaven to earth. Soma is sometimes interpreted as the earthly...
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