History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c75.1022

v5.c75.1022

Surā, kṣatriyas and vaiśyas incurred no sin by drinking any intoxicant other than surā prepared from flour 97, meaning of, 20-21; sharply distinguished from Soma 20, śūdra incurred no sin by drinking even surā prepared from flour 97-98, uninitiated boys and unmarried girls had to undergo 1/4th prāyaścitta (i e 3 years) for drinking surā and, if intentionally done, for six years 98, word, occurs in the Ṛgveda 20