title: Evolution of ephedra as the soma of rigveda.
abstract: In Rigveda Soma is an evergreen plant, with thousand stalks yellow hued bestowing auspicious energy. Resembling yellow fibres of hemp ephedra was rained in Chlnoso Ho-Ma, Yellow-hemp. It was Sanskritized as Soma. Being an energizer-cum-euphoriant its juice was consumed thrice daily. Finally it became a drug of longevity, rejuvenation and resurrection even god Soma. As drug it was substituted by Rasayana promisiig rejuvenation but also salvation. Soma with Water and Fire constitutes the proto-cosmology of Rigveda.
authors.affiliation: SD 34-Block A. North Nazimabad, Karachi-33, Pakistan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mahdihassan