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7 distinguished between surā and soma 'thou art the powerful surā and this is soma; don't destroy me when thou enterest thy place'. In the Tai.¹⁸⁹¹ S. II. 5. 1 ff, the Śat. Br. I. 6. 3 and V. 5. 4 there is a legend of Viśvarūpa, the son of Tvaṣṭṛ, which narrates how he had three heads, one of which was soma-drinking, one wine-drinking and a third for eating food, how Indra cut off the heads of Viśvarūpa, how Tvaṣṭṛ being furious at the slaughter of his son performed a soma sacrifice from which he excluded Indra, how Indra, though not invited, consumed all the soma that was in the tub, how the drinking of too much soma injured Indra and how the gods healed him by the *iṣṭi* called Sautrāmaṇī (for Sutrāman, 'the good protector', Indra). This Sautrāmaṇī sacrifice was performed for a priest who drank too much soma and therefore either began to vomit or had severe purging. Vide Kātyāyana śr. 19. 1. 4. It was also performed by him who had an enemy (Śat. Br. XII. 7. 3. 4). In this sacrifice a brāhmaṇa had to be hired for drinking the dregs of surā offered in it and if one was not found willing to do it the dregs were to be poured on an ant-hill.¹⁸⁹² How surā (liquor) was prepared is described in the Śat. Br. XII. 7. 3. 5 and in Kātyāyana śr. 19. 1. 20-27 (vide S. B. E. vol. 44, p. 223 n. 2 which summarises the com. on Kātyāyana). In Jaimini III. 5. 14-15 there is a discussion about the Sautrāmaṇī sacrifice and Śabara quotes the passage of the Tai. Br. I. 8.