Soma2
PersonA deva to whom sacrifices were offered, later identified with the Moon god and regarded as the founder of the Somavaṃsa dynasty.
A deva to whom sacrifice is offered; he is generally mentioned with Varuṇa, Pajāpati, and Yama (D.i.244;ii.259; J.v.28; vi.201, 568,571).
In the Āṭānāṭiya Sutta (D.iii.204) he is spoken of as a yakkha chief.
He is identified with the Moon god of later literature (e.g., Cv.lxii.5; lxiii.14), the founder of the Somavaṃsa (dynasty).
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