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.
These mortal drinkers walk about blood-smeared, drinking poison, made powerful by thee, O surā.
Let the surā-drinker, with garments torn, with forearms broken, with head shattered, encounter [his fate] — running with thy stream.
Drink the poison-infused [brew] in great excitement, mixed with raw flesh, blended with blood.
Manusmṛti
Alcoholic drink, a forbidden substance whose consumption is one of the four great sins.
The slaying of a Brāhmaṇa, the drinking of liquor, theft, the defiling of a guru's bed—these they call great sins, and also association with them.
The food of Yakshas, Rākṣasas, and Piśācas is liquor, meat, and distilled spirits;
A twice-born who, out of delusion, has drunk liquor, should drink liquor of the color of fire;
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;