moon-plant

The way Miss Araminta has bloomed out is as amazing as a moon-plant.

Kitty Canary Kate Langley Bosher 1898

Inseparably connected with the worship of Indra and Agni is that of the 'moon-plant,' _soma_, the intoxicating personified drink to whose deification must be assigned a date earlier than that of the Vedas themselves.

The Religions of India Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume 1, Edited by Morris Jastrow Edward Washburn Hopkins 1894

Indra is the god of the air, directing the storm, the lightning, the clouds, the rain; Varuna is the all-embracing circle of the heavens, earth, and sea; Savitri or Surja is the Sun, King of Day, also called Mitra; Agni is Fire; and Soma is the sacred fermented juice of the moon-plant, often indeed the moon itself.

Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology James Freeman Clarke 1849

In this book is mentioned the remarkable rite which consists in drinking the fermented juice of the moon-plant (or acid asclepias) with religious ceremonies.

Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology James Freeman Clarke 1849

Sama-Veda consists of hymns to be sung at the moon-plant sacrifice. [

Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology James Freeman Clarke 1849