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'Intoxication', the gigantic demon Chyavana raises from the sacrificial fire to make Indra yield; one jaw on earth, one in heaven. Afterwards the sage divides him among drink, women, dice and hunting.

Sources: The Mahabharata, tr. K. M. Ganguli (1883-96), sections read for the Vedic layer · see Mada's web

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