CONTENTS: Preface, 1. The Soma Worship, 2. The Great Pressings, 3. The Recitations of the Hotr and His Assistants, 4. The Sodasin Sacrifice. The first volume of our work ends with the initiatory rituals for the Soma sacrifice. In this second volume we will look on and discuss the Soma sacrifice performed in the Vedic Period as we get them described in the different Sakha Samhita handed down to us. We will not spend much time with an introduction. We will directly begin with the Soma sacrifice. We imply the reading of the Volume 1 to this work. We will give the othe great public rituals in the 3rd volume.