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read the passage from sugar changed the world. one of these early hindu writings, the atharva veda, speaks of an archers bow made of sugar cane. it tells of growing a circle of sugar cane as a kind of sweet protection for a lover, and it includes specific instructions on how to use sugar cane. to worship and request help from durga, the most important goddess, you lie down and face a three - cornered fire pot. then, as you speak the sacred words, you place your offerings in the fire. sugar cane was first an ingredient in ceremonies involving fire. maybe that many, many offerings a priest noticed that if the juice of the cane was boiled in the right way, it crystallized into sweet, dark brown chunks. perhaps that transformation itself seemed magical - a heated liquid turning into something that looked like dark grains of sand. in the atharva veda, sugar cane is called ikshu, which means \something that people want\. what evidence from the passage best supports the inference that sugar cane had special significance in the ancient era? select three options. \you lie down and face a three - cornered fire pot\ \sugar cane was now an ingredient in ceremonies involving fire\ \it crystallized into sweet, dark brown chunks\ \perhaps that transformation itself seemed magical\ \sugar cane is called ikshu, which means something that people want\ \they began to use the name sharkara, which also meant gravel
The fact that sugar - cane was an ingredient in ceremonies involving fire, that it had a special name (ikshu) meaning "something that people worship", and that its transformation seemed magical all suggest its special significance. The option about the three - cornered fire pot is about the ritual setup rather than sugar - cane's significance directly, and the option about it crystallizing into dark brown lumps just describes a physical change without indicating special significance.
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- "sugar cane was now an ingredient in ceremonies involving fire"
- "Perhaps that transformation itself seemed magical"
- "sugar cane is called ikshu, which means 'something that people worship'"