The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c5.s30.t1.3

c5.s30.t1.3

Some of these spirituous liquors have several varieties. Thus two varieties of *sidhu* are mentioned, namely, that produced from boiled sugar-cane juice and that from the unboiled juice. The liquor distilled from rice receives different names according to its consistence. The clear transparent fluid which floats on the top is called *prasanná*; that below it, is called *kádambari*; *jagala* is a thicker fluid than *kádambari*; *medaka* in the thickest and weakest of all. The forms of medicated spirituous liquors have been already described in the introduction, (see page 31).