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In the Vedic tradition, soma (Sanskrit: सोम, romanized: soma) is a ritual drink of importance among the early Vedic Indo-Aryans. The Rigveda mentions it, particularly in the Soma Mandala. The Bhagavad Gita mentions the drink in chapter 9. It is equivalent to the Iranian haoma.
The texts describe the preparation of soma by means of extracting the juice from a plant, the identity of which is now unknown and debated among scholars. In the ancient religions of Historical Vedic religion and Zoroastrianism, the name of the drink and the plant are not exactly the same.
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