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mentions another work which mentioned that the elephants and buffaloes were used for the food of the Raksasas (2.111,116). In the same context it refers to the taking of marrow and blood of animals. The acquatic animals and birds were killed for food (26.40; 39.60). The slaughtering of Sumsumāra=Sisumára is mentioned. It is further stated that in the Atiduşşamākāla the reptiles would be also used for food (20.92). King Saudāsa is mentioned to be taking human flesh (22.75). The story of Saudāsa reveals that slaughtering houses were in existence and on religious days they remained closed (22.74).
Drinks :-Eating meat and drinking wine are looked down in the PCV (26.47). Wine is denoted by Surā (26.47), Madira (70.51) and Āsava (11.43). The PCV reveals that the liquors were distilled and saturated with various kinds of fragrant juices for making them pleasant to drink (102 122). Nine sources of distilled spirits referred to in the Carakasaṁhită are paddy, fruits, roots, pith, flowers, stalks, leaves, barks and sugar'. The Carakasaṁhita calls the distilled spirits as Asavas”. The Arthaśāstra mentions Āsava as a variety of wine. 3 The PCV mentions the following varieties of liquors :Kadambari (102.122; 113.10), Prasannā (78.51; 102.122), Madhu, Sidhu (70.53, 34). The Kādambari was prepared out of the fruits of Kādamabara tree. The Prasanna's preparation is described in the Kautilya Arthaśāstra." The Madhu was prepared from the juice of grapes. The Sidhu was a product of the juice of sugarcane.? The Nāya dhammakahao refers to Surā, Maeya, Prasanna and Sidhu as different varieties (16. p. 179). In the works of Kalidasa we find mention of the Madhu, Madira, Kādambari, Sidhu, Madya and the Asava. The wine glass or drinking peg is referred to as Casaka (113.10) in the PCV. It refers to the Raksasa couples who took wine and enjoyed (70.51-36) the night before the final battle. Rāma, in the state of his madness is said to have offered Kadambari to the dead body of Lakşmaņa (113.10).
1. Caraka Samhitā Sūtraşthānam 6.48. Also See its Translation by Avinash acandra
Kaviratna. 2. Ibid. 3 Kautilya, 2. 25. 19. 4. R, L. Mitra, Indo. Aryan, Pt. I. p. 426 Vide J. C. Jain's LAI, p. 125, 5. 2. 25. 18. 6. Ibid. 2. 25. 14. 7. Mallinātha on Raghuvamsa, 16.52. 8. See India in Kalidasa, p. 196-197.
