A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c49.s1.24

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Chapter ten (370–383) describes fermented fluids (samdhāna), which are divided into three groups: (1) alcoholic, (2) non-alcoholic, medicated, (3) non-alcoholic and non-medicated. The first group (madya) consists of gauḍī, mādhvī, paiṣṭī, kādambarī, vāruṇī, mādhūkī, maireyī, and mārdvīka; the second group consists of the āsavas and ariṣṭas; the third group consists of sīdhu, śukta, dhānyāmla, kāñjika, guḍaśukta, cukra, tuṣāmbu, sauvīra, āranāla, and śiṇḍākī.