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merayaṁ

Meraya

neuter a sort of intoxicating liquor, spirits, rum, usually combined with surā . DN.i.146 DN.i.166 ; MN.i.238 ; Pp.55 ; Dhp.247 ; Ja.iv.117 (pupphāsav-ādi, i.e. made fr. flowers, cp. def n dhātakī-puṣpaguḍa-dhāny-āmla-sanskṛtaṃ by Mādhava, Halāy. p 314). Five kinds are given by Dhpāla at Vv-a.73 viz

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neuter a sort of intoxicating liquor, spirits, rum, usually combined with surā. DN.i.146 DN.i.166; MN.i.238; Pp.55; Dhp.247; Ja.iv.117 (pupphāsav-ādi, i.e. made fr. flowers, cp. defn dhātakī-puṣpaguḍa-dhāny-āmla-sanskṛtaṃ by Mādhava, Halāy. p 314). Five kinds are given by Dhpāla at Vv-a.73 viz. pupph-āsava, phal’ āsava, madhv˚, guḷ˚, sambhārasaṃyutta

Epic Sk. maireya, cp. Halāyudha 2, 175 (Aufrecht p. 314); prob. dial.

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