[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [The Military System of the Marathas, with a Brief Account of Their Maritime Activities](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sen-1928) › c20.4 # The Military System of the Marathas, with a Brief Account of Their Maritime Activities c20.4 The Military System of the Marathas, with a Brief Account of Their Maritime Activities c20.4 - **Language:** English ### [c20.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sen-1928.c20.4) \*Arrack\* — ‘This word is the Arabic \*arak\* properly “perspiration”, and then first the exudation or sap drawn from the date palm (\*arak al-tamar\*); secondly, any strong drink, “distilled spirit”, “essence”; etc. In India it is applied to a variety of common spirits; in S. India to those distilled from the fermented sap of sundry palms; in E. and N. India to the spirit distilled from cane-molasses, and also to that from rice.’ Crooke, \*Hobson Jobson\*, p. 36. - [Previous: c20.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sen-1928.c20.3) - [Next: c20.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sen-1928.c20.5) - [Up: c20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sen-1928.c20) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sen-1928.c20.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sen-1928.c20.4) · Pramāṇa