History of Technology in India, Vol. I: From Antiquity to c. 1200 A.D. v1.c25.s3.t1.6

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(i) Three parts of decoction of prescribed plant substances and two parts of sugar boiled over fire, made cool and the solution kept in an earthen jar for upwards of a month in such a manner so that half of this period in the winter and the other half anterior or posterior of winter, was subjected to fermentation.