The root word soma originated from the languages of Sanskrit and Greek in 1885, and has several different meanings. Soma was first defined as an “intoxicating drink prepared from a plant and used in Vedic ritual, believed to be the drink of the gods.” The plant that the soma drink is prepared from is also known as Soma, the word was later used as a synonym for body, which introduced new words to the medical field. It’s final meaning comes from Aldous Huxley's novel, Brave New World, in which the word soma is used to describe a narcotic drug which produces a sense of euphoric hallucinations, and was distributed by the government in order to further promote social harmony, and a swarray of docile citizens drugged into social harmony.
