This is an addendum to:
Sarasvatī temple of Khajuraho is of Vāgdevi, who herself says aham somamāhanasam in RV 10.125. Soma is metals wealth of iron-electrum (gold-silver compound) pyrites called makṣikā. See RV 1.119.9 citation with a pun on the word in Soma is NOT a drink. R̥gveda sacred metaphor is a pyrite object (RV 1.119.9) with amśu, ancu, 'iron'
https://tinyurl.com/y2w23xv3 Griffith translation RV 1.119.9, 10
9 To you in praise of sweetness sang the honeybee-: Ausija calleth you in Somas' rapturous joy. Ye drew unto yourselves the spirit of Dadhyac, and then the horses' head uttered his words to you. 10 A horse did ye provide for Pedu, excellent, white, O ye Asvins, conqueror of combatants, Invincible in war by arrows, seeking heaven worthy of fame, like Indra, vanquisher of men. See image of makṣikā iron pyrite.![]()
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