ALL ABOUT PAAN
Paan, also called as betel leaf.
When we hear word paan , a constant image comes on mind as everyone who eat pan, will spit on walls with typical red color, paan will have all typical tobaccos ingredients and only some are exception which just have non tobacco
Here we all go wrong :
These 2 myths about paan is totally wrong.
First : Paan is mentioned in our culture from centuries , Paan should never have these tobaccos options, tobaccos paan was alteration after India was attacked by various foreigner
Portuguese[Introduced tobacco] , British[introduced cigarette filled with tobacco], before that Paan was only eaten as mouth freshener and digestive option.
History and significance -
Puranic Reference
There is a reference in Srimad Bhagavatam, that Lord Krishna chewed paan.
According to Skanda Purana, the betel leaves are said to have emerged during the Samudra Manthana or The Churning of the Ocean.
There is also a mention of betel leaves in Ramayana and Mahabharata.
In Lalita Sahasranama, there is a verse- “tambula purita mukhi” meaning, one whose mouth is full of chewing betel.
The use of betel leaves is mentioned in Charaka and Sushruta Samhitas,
