DRINKING ALCOHOL IN ANCIENT INDIA
DRINKING ALCOHOL IN ANCIENT INDIA SARASIJ MAJUMDER ‘MOD’ (or মদ in Bengali or অসমীয়া) meaning alcohol, wine, or liquor traces its genesis back to Sanskrit. Etymological Lineage: Proto-Indo-European Root: Derived from the Proto-Indo-European root meh₂d-, meaning to drip, be wet, or be intoxicated. Sanskrit (Mada): In Sanskrit, the noun मद