Brahma Purana (critical study)
by Surabhi H. Trivedi | 1960 | 254,628 words
This is an English study of the Brahmapurana—one of the eighteen major Puranas. This text occupies an important place in the Pauranic literature. This study researches the rich an encyclopaedic material for social, religious, philosophical, mythological, political, geographical and literary study found in the Brahma-Purana. It also includes a lingu...
2. Food and Drinks
The upanisadic word denoting food is 'anna' which
396 is derived from the root ad (to eat) and means that which is eaten'. Thus all eatables may come under the term anna. Food is, no doubt, a wider term, and we also come across a term, such as, 'Q hara' to denote food in its wider sense. The Taittiriya upanisad states that the first or primary aspect of our organic existence depends on anna or food for its subsistence. Susruta (I.LXVI) also states that life is impossible without food. Food is the source of growth, strength and healthful grow of organic beings. It is the food that imparts strength to the organs of sense and makes them operative in their respective fields of action. It is irregularity of diet which brings about ill-health 1 The Brahma Purana also presents a rich variety in food and drinks as can be seen from the study made in the following pages.