History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c71.s1.79
History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c71.s1.79
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v5.c71.s1.79
Drinking *surā* means taking it down the throat Therefore if a man's lips only touch surā or if surā enters his mouth but he spits it out, then there is no drinking of surā (i. e no mahāpātaka) and he would have had to undergo in such a case a light expiation for the touch of surā⁵².