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The Mahābhārata also mentions three varieties of dhūpa, incense, namely (a) niryasa, aromatic resin exudation from trees, such as guggulu Gommiphora rox-burghii and sallaki, Boswellia serrata which are dear to gods, (b) sarala (so called perhaps, because it is the earliest of all) produced by burning the leaves of the trees like *sarala*, oleo-resin, *aguru*, *Aguilaria agallocha*, *sallakī*, *sarjai*, *Shorea robusta* and others which is dear to the Yakṣas, Rākṣasas and Daityas and (c) *kṛtrima*, artificial, that is made from fermented substances like molasses and the like which is dear to gods, Dānavas, Bhūtas and men. (MB. XIII. 37-43; see also Nadkarni, 1954; Bhatt, 1982).