Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s3.10
Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s3.10
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v2.c4.s3.10
⁴ Hence the modern ‘Bang’ or ‘Bhang,’ an intoxicant made from the dried leaves and small stalks of hemp, taken either by smoking or by eating when mixed up into a sweetmeat. Cf. Zimmer, Altindisches Leben, 68; Grierson, Indian Antiquary, 23, 260; Yule and Burnell, Hobson-Jobson, s.v. Bang.