Surā
“intoxicating liquor”
object · 3 works · 6 mentions · 7 anchored passages
surā · liquor · Aireya · Asawa · Madhu · Sara · distilled spirits · spirituous drink · the liquor
spoken of as
2 expressionsLiquor“Surā”3 mentions
Atharvaveda (Paippalāda) (Sanskrit) · Manusmṛti (Sanskrit) · The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana (English)
Spirituous liquor became your sole birthplace;
Liquors“Madhu, Aireya, Sara, Asawa”1 mention
The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana (English)
And here the men should cause the public women to drink, and should then drink themselves, liquors such as the Madhu, Aireya, Sara, and Asawa, which are of bitter and sour taste;
in the texts
Atharvaveda (Paippalāda)
The intoxicating liquor surā, personified and repeatedly declared to be poison throughout a dedicated condemnatory hymn.
burn thou likewise, O surā.
Thy raw state is poison, O surā;
Let thy straining be poison, O surā;
Manusmṛti
Alcoholic drink, a forbidden substance whose consumption is one of the four great sins.
a liquor-drinker, black teeth;
Liquor is indeed the filth of food, and sin is also called filth;
The food of Yakshas, Rākṣasas, and Piśācas is liquor, meat, and distilled spirits;
The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana
Named liquors and other concocted drinks consumed at citizens' drinking parties.
And here the men should cause the public women to drink, and should then drink themselves, liquors such as the Madhu, Aireya, Sara, and Asawa, which are of bitter and sour taste;