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Prasannā is a clear grain liquor named in Kautilya's Arthaśāstra and in Ayurvedic texts. The Arthaśāstra makes it from flour, a pulse-and-rice ferment called kiṇva and a set of spices; the Suśruta Saṃhitā calls it the clear upper layer of surā. This is a reconstruction from old texts; one lab made a Bhāvaprakāśa version, fermented it for 5 days and distilled it.
Fully documentedAlcoholic drinks12 days
Recipe
Amounts from a sourceAmounts are the Arthaśāstra's own, in its measures (āḍhaka, prastha, droṇa, karṣa). A 1994 lab reconstruction followed a different recipe, from the Bhāvaprakāśa, in equal parts of Navarai rice, yavadhanya, haritakī and jaggery with 10 plantains.
other: kiṇva, a ferment of black gram paste and rice
Total time across the recorded steps: 12 days
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What changes:Black gram paste, rice and morata are mixed into a ferment
Step 1 of 6
Make the kiṇva ferment from black gram paste and rice
Time
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Temperature
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Salt
None given
Acidity
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Boiled or raw black gram paste, three parts more rice and a little morata. Output: kiṇva.
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Microbes at work in this step
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Method
Measured measured in a studySet fixed by a specification or tested recipeReported one source reports itTypical a general value, not sourced for this fermentUnconfirmed not yet checked against a source
At a glance
Prasannā is a clear grain liquor named in Kautilya's Arthaśāstra and in Ayurvedic texts. The Arthaśāstra makes it from flour, a pulse-and-rice ferment called kiṇva and a set of spices; the Suśruta Saṃhitā calls it the clear upper layer of surā. This is a reconstruction from old texts; one lab made a Bhāvaprakāśa version, fermented it for 5 days and distilled it. Made in 6 steps over 12 days. The longest step, steep camphor and spices in the distilled prasannā (karpūrāsava, modern practice), takes 7 days (Alam M 1994).
Prasannā is the clear part of a grain liquor, made with the kiṇva ferment and spiced. Surā is the whole brew. In the Arthaśāstra, maireya is made from a sour gruel or bark decoction with jaggery, not from flour and kiṇva.
Bhāvaprakāśa recipe (kādambarī madya)Navarai rice, yavadhanya, haritakī and jaggery in equal parts with 10 plantains, fermented 5 days and distilled in the 1994 reconstruction.
White surā (śvetasurā)The Arthaśāstra says the same spices as for prasannā are added to white surā.
Safety
Karpūrāsava is recorded here as a medicine formula, not a drink, and its amounts are left out on purpose. The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne calls camphor highly toxic. Swallowed, it can cause seizures within 90 minutes, and 0.5–1 g is considered a lethal dose for a child. Do not make or drink karpūrāsava.
The Arthaśāstra (book II, chapter on the superintendent of liquor) lists medaka, prasannā, āsava, ariṣṭa, maireya and madhu, with recipes for most. The Suśruta Saṃhitā (Sūtrasthāna 45) gives the medical properties of prasannā among the wines and spirits.