Saras... (Soma vessel)

[S. Kalyanaraman]

---Michael Witzel <witzel at FAS.HARVARD.EDU> wrote:
> [snip]
> Well, Soma/Haoma is a purely descriptive Indo-Iranian word, based on
the > root su "to press out." Supposing it comes from the Indus
people/language,
> one would expect a local (Dravidian, for Mahadevan) word. -- Be that
as it > may, more importantly, is it a Soma filter? -  No [snip]

There is one entry in Winslow's Tamil lexicon:

co_ma man.al = sand containing silver ore.

Maybe this relates to the soma as a moon (white) metaphor?

Regards,
k.
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