Panchamrita

Panchamrita (Devanagari:पञ्चामृत, from Sanskrit: ) is a mixture of five foods used in Hindu worship and puja,For definition of (IAST: ) as "the collection of five sweet things used in worshipping deities" see: , usually honey, sugar, milk, yoghurt, and ghee.
==Etymology==
Pañcāmṛta is a Sanskrit compound of two words:
*, 'five'.Apte notes that as the first member of a compound, the word ("five") drops its final ; nominative form is . See: .
*, lit. 'immortal', "nectar of immortality, ambrosia, beverage of the gods".
==Preparation==
Equal quantities of Milk (preferably cow milk), Yoghurt, Honey, Sugar and Ghee are mixed together.
However, there may be certain regional variations in ingredients. Most south Indians add ripe banana instead of sugar.Keralites may also include tender coconut. Some recipes also include grapes.
==Usage==
*It is used as a prasad during poojas. 
*As a libation during Abhisheka. 
==In Hevajra tantra==
Beer (2004: pp.327-332) contrasts the Panchamrita of the Dakshinachara and the Vāmācāra and identifies that the "Left-Hand Path" (Sanskrit: Vāmamārga) of the Hevajra Tantra (and of the Anuttarayoga Tantras in general) worship with a different enumeration of the Panchamrita: human faeces, marrow, semen, blood and urine.Beer, Robert (2004). The Encyclopedia of Tibetan Symbols and Motifs. Second Edition. Shambhala; pp.327-332. Source: (accessed: Wednesday June 24, 2009)
==Notes==
==References==
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Category:Hindu traditions
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