Madayataka, Madāyātaka: 1 definition
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Source: Wisdom Library: HinduismWe find Chāndogya Upaniṣad (6.10) mentioning drinking liquor as a madāyātaka (मदायातक). Liquor was manufactured and consumed on a large scale in the times of the Jātakas in eastern India and there were a good many liquor-shops open day and night. Kauṭilya has an independent officer as a Superintendent of Liquor and he mentions the manufacture of different kinds of liquor
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