S墨dhu (艢墨dhu): the Sugar Cane 鈥淲ine鈥� of Ancient and Early Medieval India
Journal name: History of Science in South Asia
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James McHugh
University of Southern California
History of Science in South Asia:
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Year: 2020 | Doi: 10.18732/hssa.v8i.58
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This article considers the nature of one particular drink made from sugar cane called 蝉墨诲丑耻 (usually m., also 艣墨诲丑耻), exploring the evidence from textual sources. Other drinks were made with sugar cane products, such as 腻蝉补惫补s, medicinal 补谤颈峁ａ弓补s, and the drink called maireya, but I will not consider those here. As I argue, 蝉墨诲丑耻 was the basic fermented sugar cane drink, not strongly characterized by additives鈥斺�減lain鈥� sugar-wine as it were. Though in a manner typical of premodern Indic alcohol culture, even this one drink was a complex and variable affair. Rather than consider this drink in medical sources alone鈥攊mportant as that evidence may be鈥攎y methodology here is to examine the history of this drink in the light of a wide range of textual evidence, placing this drink in the broad context of pre-modern South Asian drinking culture.
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