The backdrop of the Srikanthacarita and the Mankhakosa
by Dhrubajit Sarma | 2015 | 94,519 words
This page relates 鈥淔ood and drink (found in the Shrikanthacarita)鈥� as it appears in the case study regarding the Srikanthacarita and the Mankhakosa. The Shrikanthacarita was composed by Mankhaka, sometimes during A.D. 1136-1142. The Mankhakosa or the Anekarthakosa is a kosa text of homonymous words, composed by the same author.
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Part 3 - Food and drink (found in the 艢谤墨办补峁囜弓丑补肠补谤颈迟补)
There are four basic requirements of the human beings e.g. food, drink, dress and shelter. However, needs are endless, that is why, with the changing of life style, as well as due to the effect of modernization, the concept of the basic needs has also become much broader. 惭补峁卥丑补办补 has inserted information regarding the food and drinking habit of the people of his time.
The principal products of that time of Kashmir were saffron grapes[1] and oranges.[2] Wine drinking was popular both, among men and women.[3] Though drinking of wine was in vogue, however, it was condemned by the good;especially the Br膩hmins were barred to drink wine.[4] The effects of drinking such as stumbling and incoherent speaking[5], eyes and cheeks reddened[6] etc. are referred to in the 艢谤墨办补峁囜弓丑补肠补谤颈迟补. Among other drinks, milk, cow鈥檚 milk[7] was, usually given first preference. Sugarcane-juice[8] was enjoyed by the people, just as the people do today. Again, people prepared a kind of drink by blending sugar and black pepper with plain water.[9] It was known as 辫腻苍补办补[10] and has been relished during summer season. It is popular still today among the Gujr膩峁玸, they call it pano. Water was the mostly sought for common drink, as it is, in the present time also.[11]
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
Ibid., XIV. 55
[2]:
Ibid., III. 5
[3]:
Ibid., XV
[4]:
Ibid., cf. XII. 71; XIV. 61, 62; Jonar膩ja comments鈥搚ena madya峁� p墨ta峁� sa dvijai岣� stuto岣� ya岣� sv膩峁� 艣膩kh膩峁� sv膩dhy膩yavi艣e峁峁� sevate sa p膩tityam膩c膩rabhra峁兣沘manubhavati Ibid., VIII. 25, page 114
[5]:
cakre ca gatau ca giri ca skhalana峁� padan膩峁�/ Ibid., XIV. 55 page 204; also, XVI. 14
[6]:
daityoday膩savarasa峁� 艣rava峁嚹乶utar峁-m膩rge峁嘺 te ga峁嘺ga峁嚹� vinip墨tavanta岣�/
rajyadvilocanakapolatal膩岣� skhaladbhi-rv膩kyairvilolavalitabhru vik膩ram奴hu岣�//; Jonar膩ja also comments on it鈥搈adhup膩nena ca netr膩dir膩gasa峁僢hava岣�/
Ibid., XVIII. 1, page 250
[7]:
ni峁墨岣峣t膩 bahumukha峁� suvate bah奴n膩峁� g膩va艣cir膩nmitasubh膩峁tadugdhadh膩r膩岣�/
ka艣cittvag膩dharasa艣uddhanavaprabandha k峁Ｄ玶odad膩napatireti kav墨艣varatva峁�//
Ibid., II. 40, page 24
[8]:
Ibid., II. 42
[9]:
Ibid., II. 38
[10]:
vyutpattibh奴峁峁嘺mavaihi nit膩ntataik峁ａ箛y膩- nm膩dhuryato rasamathonmi峁dik峁d墨k峁峁�/
r奴岣峢膩 tayoryadi mitho gha峁璦峁嚹� kav墨n膩峁� j膩taiva tadvacasi 辫腻苍补办补r墨tisiddhi岣�//
Ibid., II. 38
[11]:
Ibid., VIII. 5-6