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450 Cf. Ca.Sū.27.239. Guḍa is wholly solid but amorphous (N. Deerr, 1949: 47). See on guḍa: L. Gopal (1964); O. von Hinüber (1971): G.J. Meulenbeld (1974): 507; Om Prakash (1961); S. Pruthi (1995): 3–4. 451 Matsyaṇḍikā is partly solid (N. Deerr, 1949: 47). 452 Khaṇḍa is wholly solid and crystalline, but of low grade (N. Deerr, 1949: 47). 453 Śarkarā is wholly solid, crystalline, and of higher grade, with fine grains; upala or sitopala is of the same type, with larger grains (N. Deerr, 1949: 47; R.B.J.C. Ray, 1918: 432–433). See the commentaries. See also: L. Gopal (1964); O. von Hinüber (1971); G.J. Meulenbeld (1974): 507; Om Prakash (1961) and (1987): II; S. Pruthi (1995): 4–6; R.B.J.C. Ray (1918). 454 Cf. Ca.Sū.27.240. 455 Cf. Ca.Sū.27.242. See: L. Gopal (1964): 68. 456 Cf. Ca.Sū.27.241: yāsaśarkarā. This type of sugar is prepared from the plant called yāsa or yavāsa. See on this type of sugar: N. Deerr (1950): 520; B. Laufer (1967): 343–352. 457 Cf. Ca.Sū.27.242cd. 458 Cf. Ca.Sū.27.178 and 193–195; Cf.24.29–36. 459 Cf. Ca.Sū.27.188; Ci.24.25cd; a mṛdvīkāsava is mentioned at Ca.Sū.25.49. Compare the madhu of the Arthaśāstra (2.25.24). See the references to mṛdvīkā in the dictionaries. See also Om Prakash (1961): 299. Mārdvīka is mentioned, for example, by Kullūka (ad Manusmṛti 11.95) and in the Viṣṇusmṛti (22.83). 460 Mentioned by Kullūka (ad Manusmṛti 11.95) in a quotation from Pulastya; compare Viṣṇusmṛti 22.83. See also P. Aalto (1959): 23. 461 Surā is a dhānyāsava at Ca.Sū.25.49; it is one of the alcoholic drinks at Ca.Sū.27.190ab. See on surā: P. Aalto (1959): 19; G.J. Meulenbeld (1974): 514–516; Om Prakash (1961). See also Arthaśāstra 2.25. 462 See the commentaries on its preparation; it is called katoli (Dalhaṇa) or kātolī (Cakra) in the vernacular. Śvetasurā is known in the Arthaśāstra (2.25.31) and the Aṅgavijjā (p.181); see Om Prakash, 1961: 185. 463 Prasannā is the upper, clear part of surāmaṇḍa according to Dalhaṇa. Compare Arthaśāstra 2.25.18 and 27.31. See on prasannā: P. Aalto (1959): 20; Om Prakash (1961). 464 Cf. Ca.Sū.27.190ab. 465 Cf. Ca.Sū.27.190cd (madhūlikā). See the commentaries. 466 Cf. Ca.Sū.27.186cd. A surā made from akṣa (= vibhītaka) bark (Dalhaṇa). 467 Made from barley groats (yavasaktu) according to Dalhaṇa. 468 The lowest portion of the beverage, which consists of the sediment, usually thrown away (Dalhaṇa); made from leaven (bhaktakiṇva) (Cakra). Cf. Ca.Sū.27.181. Jagala is mentioned in the Aṅgavijjā (p.221; see Om Prakash, 1961: 185). See also P. Aalto (1959): 19–20. 469 It resembles jagala and consists of the lees, without any liquid. 470 See on sīdhu: P. Aalto (1959): 21; G.J. Meulenbeld (1974): 79–80 and 514; Om Prakash (1961): 75, 119, 152, 186, 300; U.P. Thapliyal (1979): 86. 471 Cf. Ca.Sū.27.186ab. 472 Cf. Ca.Sū.27.183. 473 Cf. Ca.Sū.27.184. 474 Cf. Ca.Sū.27.185. 475 See the commentaries on its preparation.