Cannabis in Hindu vedas

mnu331999

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The five plants are more clearly mentioned in Book 11, Hymn 8 (or 6), Verse 15:

पञ्च राज्यानि वीरुधां सोमश्रेष्ठानि ब्रूमः।
दर्भो भङ्गो यवः सह ते नो मुञ्चन्त्व् अंहसः॥

"To the five kingdoms of the plants which Soma rules as Lord we speak.
Darbha, hemp, barley, mighty power: may these deliver us from woe."

The word 'भङ्ग' (bhang) here refers to the cannabis plant.
 
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