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Did they use spices in Rama's time?
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Ramayana 2.91:
The men beheld countless dishes of mutton, pork, venison and other meats cooked in fruit-juices and fried in butter with cloves, caraway seeds and lentils simmering gently in them....
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Dharmashastra and certain types of alcoholic beverages
As per bhagavatapurANa 11.5.13, intake of alcohol is permitted only as part of vedic shrauta yajna (sautramani, etc.) and drinking outside yajnas is forbidden for dvijas :
bhagavatapurANa 11.5.13 :
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Dharmashastra and certain types of alcoholic beverages
We were in a discussion with some Bharadwaj gotra Brahmans whose Dharmashastra is the Apasthamba Dharma and Grihya Sutras, according to them.The apasthamba sutras mention that drinking alcohol is not ...
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Why is curd an exception to Tamasic food even though it is fermented?
Most foods which ferment are said to spoil as they give rise to new substances which are toxic or intoxicating, exerting negative influence on a person's mind , body or digestion. The curd when ...
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