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He then, smiling, said, 'Amuse yourself by walking about in this garden, and eat whatever fruits you like. He gave me a china pot filled with ma'jun, and added, 'Take without fail six mashas from this pot every morning, fasting. Saying this, he went away, and I followed strictly his prescription.
Ma'jun is the extract from the intoxicating plant called charas or bhang, a species of hemp; it is mixed with sugar and spices to render it palatable. The inebriation it produces fills the imagination with agreeable visions, and the effects are different from those of wine or spirits. Six mashas amount to nearly a quarter of an ounce; a sicca rupee weighs eleven mashas.
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