What are the Five Pungent (Vegetables/Roots/Spices) and when were they first proscribed?
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According to Salguero (2017):
> The Five Pungent Roots generally refer to garlic, leeks, scallions, onions, and asafoetida, as well as their subvarieties. In some sources, the list includes ginger and chives.
I am looking for a more definitive reference for this. In particular, I am looking for any early Buddhist texts that proscribe the "Five Pungents" and, better still, explicitly names the five.
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Dec 4, 2018, 07:26 AM
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