Sura (alcoholic drink)
Sura or Sooraa (
anaesthetic by Suśruta (a surgeon in India circa 400 BCE). Other ancient medical authorities also mention it; Charaka referred to making a woman with a miscarriage senseless to pain by administering alcoholic drinks like sooraa, sīdhu, ariṣṭa, madhu, madirā or āsava.[1]
History
The method for preparation appears in the Atharvaveda[2] in the Kandas 5 and 8.
In
fermented drinks
which cause heedlessness" (Surāmerayamajjapamādaṭṭhānā veramaṇī sikkhāpadaṃ samādiyāmi).
See also
- Alcoholic Indian beverages
References
- ^ Shri C. DWARAKANATH (1965) Use of opium and cannabis in the traditional systems of medicine in India. UNODC Bulletin on Narcotics. Issue 1, No. 003. "ODC - Bulletin on Narcotics - 1965 Issue 1 - 003". Archived from the original on 2003-08-26. Retrieved 2007-08-20.
- JSTOR 3087630.
- ^ Arthashastra http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00litlinks/kautilya/book02.htm
