College of Social Work, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40506-0027, USA.
Subst Use Misuse. 2012 Aug;47(10):1067-72. doi: 10.3109/10826084.2012.684308.
In India, Cannabis Indica has been used for literally thousands of years in the worship of the god Shiva. Cannabis is used in an orally administered form called bhang which can be either the wet resinous leaves formed into pills of a drink made of milk, cannabis, and various spices consumed by worshipers of Shiva on festival days or by smoking the flowering buds of cannabis-a practice generally reserved for holy men who dedicate their lives to ascetic practice and the worship of Shiva. This practice is codified in the Vedas as well as in legends about the origin of cannabis and its relationship to Shiva.
在印度，大麻印度被用于敬拜湿婆神已经有几千年的历史了。大麻以一种口服的形式被使用，称为班加，它可以是湿的树脂状叶子形成的药丸，也可以是牛奶、大麻和各种香料混合制成的饮料，供湿婆的崇拜者在节日期间食用，也可以是吸食大麻的花朵，这种做法通常是为那些将生命奉献给苦行和敬拜湿婆的圣人保留的。这种做法在吠陀经以及关于大麻的起源及其与湿婆关系的传说中都有规定。
