Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c9.s16.5

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Liquor was manufactured or consumed on a large scale. Taverns (pāṇāgāra: kappasālā) are known where various kinds of wine was sold.²⁴ The profession of a rasavaṇujja is mentioned which dealt in wine.²⁵ Flags on the wine shops are referred to.²⁶ We read in the *Nāyādhammakahā* that when kings and princes attended the *sayamvara* ceremony of Dovaī, king Duvaya entertained them with various wines and liquors such as *surā, majja, sīdhu, pasannā* and meat.²⁷ The princes of Bāravai were addicted to wine and the wine known as *kāyambarī*²⁸ is said to have been the cause of destruction of the capital²⁹. Even women were sometimes addicted to drink.³⁰