Soma (disambiguation)
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Soma
was a ritual drink of importance among the early Indo-Iranians, and the subsequent Vedic and greater Persian cultures.
Soma may also refer to:
Soma
Soma , or Haoma , from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sauma-, was a ritual drink of importance among the early Indo-Iranians, and the subsequent Vedic and greater Persian cultures. It is frequently mentioned in the Rigveda, whose Soma Mandala contains 114 hymns, many praising its energizing qualities...
was a ritual drink of importance among the early Indo-Iranians, and the subsequent Vedic and greater Persian cultures.
Soma may also refer to:
In pharmacology, biology, and therapy
- Soma (biology)Soma (biology)The soma , or perikaryon , or cyton, is the bulbous end of a neuron, containing the cell nucleus. The word "soma" comes from the Greek σῶμα, meaning "body"; the soma of a neuron is often called the "cell body"...
(or perikaryon), the cell body of a neuron - SomatherapySomatherapySomatherapy was created by the writer Roberto Freire in the 1970s as a group therapy, based on the research of the psychoanalyst Wilhelm Reich. With the objective of freeing the individual to be more creative, the exercises in Soma work with the relationship between the body and emotions are...
, also Soma or SOMA, a Brazilian anarchist therapy - CarisoprodolCarisoprodolCarisoprodol is a centrally-acting skeletal muscle relaxant. Carisoprodol is slightly soluble in water and freely soluble in alcohol, chloroform and acetone. The drug's solubility is practically independent of pH. Carisoprodol is manufactured and marketed in the United States by Meda Pharmaceuticals...
, a muscle relaxant drug which has the trade name Soma
In geography
- Sōma, Aomori, a village located in Nakatsugaru District in southern Aomori Prefecture, Japan
- Sōma, FukushimaSoma, Fukushimais a coastal city located in Fukushima, Japan, approximately 30 kilometers South of Sendai. Japan National Route 6 runs through Sōma, since 2001 augmented by the Route 6 Sōma Bypass, which runs up to 2 km East of the original route, around the city center....
, a city located in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan - Sōma District, Fukushima, a district located in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
- Soma, the Gambia, a town in Gambia
- Soma, ManisaSoma, ManisaSoma is a town and district of Manisa Province in the Aegean region of Turkey. According to the 2009 census, population of the district is 101,011 of which 74,158 live in the town of Soma...
, a town and district of Manisa Province in the Aegean region of Turkey - South of Market, San Francisco, CaliforniaSouth of Market, San Francisco, CaliforniaSouth of Market is a neighborhood in San Francisco, California, United States.-Name and location:Its boundaries are Market Street to the northwest, San Francisco Bay to the northeast, Mission Creek to the southeast, and Division Street, 13th Street and U.S. Route 101 to the southwest...
(SoMa), a neighborhood in San Francisco - South MainSouth MainSouth Main, or SoMa, is an area of Vancouver that centers around Main Street, and is part of the larger Mount Pleasant neighbourhood.While no official boundary exists for South Main, its centre is roughly at the intersection of Broadway and Main Street. Its boundaries roughly extend from East 2nd...
, a neighbourhood in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - South Omaha, NebraskaSouth Omaha, NebraskaSouth Omaha, Nebraska is a former city and current district of Omaha, Nebraska. During its initial development phase the town's nickname was "The Magic City" because of the seemingly overnight growth due to the rapid development of the Union Stockyards. Annexed by the City of Omaha in 1915, the...
, a former city and current district of Omaha, Nebraska
Music
- SomaFMSomaFMSomaFM is a listener-supported, commercial-free Internet-only streaming music station, which started broadcasting out of founder Rusty Hodge's basement garage in the Bernal Heights neighborhood of San Francisco, California...
, a listener-supported, commercial-free Internet radio station - Soma Quality RecordingsSoma Quality RecordingsSoma Quality Recordings is a Scottish techno and house label co-founded in 1991 by the electronic music duo Slam...
, a record label co-founded by the duo Slam - Soma (studio)Soma (studio)Soma Electronic Music Studios is a recording studio owned and operated by John McEntire in Chicago, Illinois.Artists who have recorded there include:Bundy K...
, a recording studio located in Chicago, USA - SomaPlayerSomaPlayerSomaPlayer is part of the Soma project. It is an open source broadcast tool for DJing internet radio stations....
, an Internet radio tool for DJs - Soma San DiegoSoma San DiegoSOMA is a popular all-ages concert venue in the Midway District area of San Diego, California, right next to the San Diego Sports Arena. Over the years it has become one of the more popular concert venues in the city. Claiming to be one of the best all ages venue in the "SoCal" music scene, Soma...
, a concert venue in San Diego, California - Soma (Steve Roach & Robert Rich album), 1992
- Soma (Mallavoodoo album), 2006
- Soma (song)Soma (song)"Soma", originally called "Coma", is a track on the album Siamese Dream by The Smashing Pumpkins. The song-writing credits list James Iha and Billy Corgan as co-authors, but Corgan claims that Iha only wrote the chord structure for the beginning of the song, and that Corgan himself wrote the rest....
, song from The Smashing Pumpkins' 1993 album Siamese Dream - Soma, a song from Deadmau5's 2009 album For Lack of a Better Name
- Soma, a song from The Strokes' 2001 album Is This ItIs This ItIs This It is the debut studio album by American indie rock band The Strokes. Recorded at Transporterraum in New York City with producer Gordon Raphael, after meeting at an early show at Luna Lounge, a former venue on the Lower East Side in NYC, the album was first released on July 30, 2001 in...
Fiction
- A fictional hallucinogenic drug in Aldous Huxley's 1932 novel, Brave New WorldBrave New WorldBrave New World is Aldous Huxley's fifth novel, written in 1931 and published in 1932. Set in London of AD 2540 , the novel anticipates developments in reproductive technology and sleep-learning that combine to change society. The future society is an embodiment of the ideals that form the basis of...
and 1962 novel, IslandIsland (novel)Island is the final book by English writer Aldous Huxley, published in 1962. It is the account of Will Farnaby, a cynical journalist who is shipwrecked on the fictional island of Pala. Island is Huxley's utopian counterpart to his most famous work, the 1932 novel Brave New World, itself often... - Argento SomaArgento Somais a 25-episode anime TV series that aired on TV Tokyo from October 6, 2000, to March 22, 2001.Episode 26, , was released direct-to-video.- Plot :...
, an anime series with a protagonist named Ryu Soma - Soma CruzSoma CruzSoma Cruz, known in Japan as , is a fictional character and the protagonist of Konami's action-adventure games Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow and Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow, part of Konami's Castlevania video game series. He was designed by Ayami Kojima as part of producer Koji Igarashi's desire to...
, a character in the Castlevania video-game series - Kukai Soma, a fictional character from the manga series Shugo Chara! by Peach-Pit
- Soma Peries, a fictional character from the anime Mobile Suit Gundam 00
- Prince Soma, a fictional character from the manga and anime Black Butler
Other
- School of Osteopathic Medicine in Arizona, one of three medical schools in Arizona
- Soma cubeSoma cubeThe Soma cube is a solid dissection puzzle invented by Piet Hein in 1933 during a lecture on quantum mechanics conducted by Werner Heisenberg. Seven pieces made out of unit cubes must be assembled into a 3x3x3 cube...
, a solid dissection puzzle invented by the Danish scientist Piet Hein in 1936 - Soma BringerSoma Bringeris a video game developed by Monolith Soft and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo DS. It was released in Japan on February 28, 2008, and while it has not been announced for any other region, there is a fan-translation into English that is complete with the exception of the in-game...
, a video game developed for the Nintendo DS by Monolith Soft that was released in Japan on February 28, 2008 - Service-oriented modelingService-oriented modelingService-oriented modeling is the discipline of modeling business and software systems, for the purpose of designing and specifying service-oriented business systems within a variety of architectural styles, such as enterprise architecture, application architecture, service-oriented architecture,...
, originally referred to as service-oriented modeling and architecture (SOMA) by IBM, a framework for software design - Sharing of Ministries Abroad, an international Anglican charity
- Southern Ontario Model United Nations AssociationSouthern Ontario Model United Nations AssociationThe Southern Ontario Model United Nations Assembly is the oldest and largest Model United Nations simulation run entirely by high-school students in North America. Founded in 1973, it has run continuously for 39 years. SOMA is a registered charity and reports annual revenue of approximately $75,000...
, the largest student-run model United Nations in North America - Stephen O'MalleyStephen O'MalleyStephen O'Malley is a musician, predominantly a guitarist, producer and composer from Seattle, Washington who has conceptualized and participated in numerous drone doom, death/doom, and experimental music groups....
(born 1974), experimental musician and graphic designer also known by the pseudonym SOMA - Soma (cannabis grower)Soma (cannabis grower)Soma is an American cannabis grower and breeder, medicinal cannabis patient, activist, medical cannabis seed company owner and the writer of the book "Organic Marijuana Soma style" ....
(born 1949), American cannabis grower and breeder
See also
- SomaticSomaticThe term somatic means 'of the body',, relating to the body. In medicine, somatic illness is bodily, not mental, illness. The term is often used in biology to refer to the cells of the body in contrast to the germ line cells which usually give rise to the gametes...
, means 'of the body' - Som (disambiguation)