title: Soma juice as administered to a newly born child being mentioned in Rigveda.
abstract: Primitive life faced dangers to life during delivery and also to the newly born. As a prophylactic measure Soma juice was consumed by the mother and was the first drink given to the child. This custom has survived among the Parsis. A verse in Rigveda, hitherto overlooked, is offered implying the rite previously existed even among the Vedic Ayrans.
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008518:Medicine, East Asian Traditional; D010946:Plants, Medicinal; D012067:Religion