India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c8.s6.t2.31

c8.s6.t2.31

The *Arthaśāstra* mentions *guḍa* as a mixture of *maireya* in the recipe quoted above. It agrees with the example *guḍa-maireya* of the *Kāśikā*. The other example *madhu-maireya* i.e. *maireya* prepared by mixing honey, lacks confirmation from the above statement in the *Arthaśāstra*. The question arises as to whether we are on good authority for assuming that other sweetening ingredients besides *guḍa* were also added to *maireya*.