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(iii) Some possess tannin, e.g., Terminalia Chebula ( Haritaki), : 
Terminalia tomentosa (Pidsal), Cassia fistula (Sondal), 
Diospyros tomentosa (Kendu), ete. i 
(iv) Some possess narcotic principles, e.g., Datura - 
(Dhutura), Plumbago zeylanica (Chita), Strychnos - 
Nua-vomica (Kuchila), Cannabis sativa : Siddhi), ete. 
liquors. The use in Békhar of ingredients possessing bitter prit- 
‘ciples also tend to show that it was at first intended for beer 
dients are added with a view to enhance the medicinal 
the three higher castes, probably because the liquors were made 
strong by distillation, and perhaps also because distillation could 
only be carried out by the very low caste unclean people of dis- 
which is called by him Kinva (from kana, particle or powder). The 
word Bakhar ot Bakar I would take to be a corruption of the 
Sanskrit word Balkal, meaning bark of trees, The Bengali word 
n So 
sary adjuncts of a preparation, is probabl derived from Békal and 
is allied to the Arabic word bag! stnunbaige herbs. 
