This might not be very helpful, but I have a very vague recollection that one of P.K. Gode's articles collected in Studies in Indian Cultural History was devoted, at least in part, to the use of sesame (seeds or oil) in India. Unfortunately I can neither find it at the moment nor remember if the content was relevant to these two questions.
With best wishes, Gaia Pintucci On Wed, Apr 26, 2023 at 12:21 PM Robert Zydenbos < [email protected]> wrote: > Dear list friends, > > A non-Indological colleague asked me whether there are any references in > ancient Indian literature to the medicinal use of sesame oil. > > Related: is there any Indian word in any language for 'sesame' that > resembles 'shumshum', 'simsim' or 'shamashammu'? > > Any information concerning these two questions would be most welcome. > > RZ > > -- > Prof. Dr. Robert J. Zydenbos / ಪ್ರೊ. ಡಾ. ರೊಬೆರ್ತ್ ಜೆಯ್ದೆನ್ಬೊಸ್ > Institute of Indology and Tibetology > Department of Asian Studies > Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (University of Munich – LMU) > Germany > > > _______________________________________________ > INDOLOGY mailing list > [email protected] > https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology >
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