An unholy brew : alcohol in Indian history and religions /
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Oxford University Press,
2021
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| Edition: | South Asia ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction -- Aperitif: Surā, the Prototypical Liquor of India -- ROUND ONE: DRINKS AND DRINKING: Cup One: Surā Made From Grains -- Cup Two: Sugarcane, Wine, Toddy, and Other Drinks -- Cup Three: Surā Brewing and Public Drinking -- Cup Four: Luxurious, Erotic Drinking in Literary Texts -- Cup Five: Drink, Health, and Disease in Āyurvedic Texts -- ROUND TWO: DRINK AND RELIGION: Cup Six: Drink in Ritual, Myths, and Epic -- Cup Seven: The Filth of Grain and the Pain of Drink: Morality, Vice, and Law -- Cup Eight: Surā Regained: Drink in Tantra -- Cup Nine: Firewater and Corpse-Reviver: Alcohol in Later Sanskrit Sources -- Digestif: What Do We Do About This Stuff That Makes Everything Go Awry? -- Appendix: Soma, Ancient Drugs, and Modern Scholars -- Bibliography.