Editing Ghee (section)

== In Hinduism ==
Traditionally, ghee is made from [[bovine]] milk, either [[Cattle|cow]] or [[water buffalo]], and has been used in rituals since the [[Vedic period]]. It is a sacred requirement in [[Vedic]] ''[[Yagna|yajña]]'' and ''[[homa (ritual)|homa]]'' (fire rituals), through the medium of [[Agni]] (fire) to offer oblations to various deities (See: [[Yajurveda]]).

Fire rituals are utilized for ceremonies such as marriage and funerals. Ghee is required in Vedic worship of ''[[murti|mūrtis]]'' (divine deities), with ''[[aarti]]'' (offering of ghee lamp) called'' [[Diya (light)|diyā]]'' or ''dīpa'' and for ''Pañcāmṛta'' ([[Panchamruta]]) where ghee along with [[Rock candy#Misri|mishri]], [[honey]], [[milk]], and ''[[dahi (curd)|dahi]]'' (curd) is used for bathing the deities on the appearance day of [[Krishna]] on [[Janmashtami]], ''Śiva'' ([[Shiva]]) on ''Mahā-śivarātrī'' ([[Maha Shivaratri]]). There is a [[hymn]] to ghee.<ref>''Language and Style of the Vedic Rsis'', Tatyana Jakovlevna Elizarenkova (C) 1995, p. 18.</ref> In the ''[[Mahabharata]]'', the ''[[Kaurava]]'' were born from pots of ghee.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p9SzCuLIlQ0C&pg=PA613 |title= The Mahabharata, Volume 7: Book 11: The Book of the Women Book 12 ..., Part 1| first1=James L.|last1=Fitzgerald|first2=Johannes|last2=Adrianus|first3=Bernardus|last3=Buitenen|page=613|isbn= 9780226252506|date= 2003-02-15|publisher= University of Chicago Press}}</ref>

Ghee is also used in ''[[bhang]]'' in order to heat the [[Cannabis (drug)|cannabis]] to cause [[decarboxylation]], making the drink [[psychoactive]].<ref name=Gottlieb07>{{cite book | title = Cooking with Cannabis: The Most Effective Methods of Preparing Food and Drink with Marijuana, Hashish, and Hash Oil | first = Adam | last = Gottlieb | publisher = Ronin Publishing | year = 1993 | isbn = 978-0-914171-55-3 | page = [https://archive.org/details/artscienceofcook00gott/page/7 7] | url-access = registration | url = https://archive.org/details/artscienceofcook00gott/page/7 }}</ref><ref name=Drake018>{{cite book | title = The Marijuana Food Handbook | first = Bill | last = Drake | page = [https://archive.org/details/marijuanafood0000drak/page/18 18] | publisher = Ronin Publishing | year = 2002 | isbn = 978-0-914171-99-7 | url = https://archive.org/details/marijuanafood0000drak/page/18 }}</ref>

In [[Buddhism|Buddhist scripture]], stages of dairy production are used as metaphors for stages of enlightenment. The highest-stage product, [[sarpir-maṇḍa]], is theorised to be ghee or clarified butter.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iZH29oiIuIkC&q=sarpir-ma%E1%B9%87%E1%B8%8Da+ghee&pg=PA217|title = The Classification of Buddhism|isbn = 9783447033732|last1 = Petzold|first1 = Bruno|year = 1995| publisher=Otto Harrassowitz Verlag }}</ref>