Dear all, Here's Gode's Vol. II of Cultural History, covering other aspects of material cultural history. I would not be surprised if Gode wrote on sesame elsewhere (through BORI?), as he was such a remarkably prolific scholar. Please do share if the reference is found.
https://archive.org/details/StudiesInIndianCulturalHistoryvolum1/page/n7/mode/2up Yours, Andrea On Wed, Apr 26, 2023 at 11:11 AM Yahoo!Mail® <[email protected]> wrote: > I have checked carefully the tables of contents of P. K. Gode’s Studies in > Indian Cultural History, vols. I and III, and find no articles on sesame or > its oil. Unfortunately, my copy of vol. II has either been badly > misshelved or lost in a basement flood. > > Allen > > > Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone > <https://overview.mail.yahoo.com/?.src=iOS> > > On Wednesday, April 26, 2023, 11:51 AM, Gaia Pintucci via INDOLOGY < > [email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks for trying to prod my memory, but I am afraid I was really thinking > of one of P.K. Gode's articles. For instance, some of the articles in vol. > 1 of Studies in Indian Cultural History (see the ToC here > https://archive.org/details/studiesinindianculturalhistorygodep.k.part1_544_D/page/n11/mode/2up?view=theater) > deal with certain plants of the Subcontinent (only not with sesame). > It might all well be a major misrecollection of mine, but if the article > does exist, I am sure it is a Gode article. > > Gaia Pintucci > > On Wed, Apr 26, 2023 at 3:40 PM Andrea Lorene Gutierrez < > [email protected]> wrote: > > Dear list, > > I think Gaia might be thinking of K T Achaya’s Oilseeds and Oilmilling, > which has historical sections. Achaya’s other books will also contain > history of the seed in S Asia. > > > https://archive.org/details/oilseeds-and-oilmilling-in-india-a-cultural-and-historical-survey/page/n8/mode/1up > > > Black sesame also has a significant role in Hindu death rites. > > Yours, > Andrea Gutiérrez > > On Wed, Apr 26, 2023 at 7:35 AM Gaia Pintucci via INDOLOGY < > [email protected]> wrote: > > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > INDOLOGY mailing list > [email protected] > https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology > > -- > Dr. Andrea Gutiérrez > Assistant Professor of Instruction > Department of Asian Studies > The University of Texas at Austin > > https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/asianstudies/faculty/alg3485 > https://utexas.academia.edu/AndreaLoreneGutierrez > > > _______________________________________________ > INDOLOGY mailing list > [email protected] > https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology > > -- Dr. Andrea Gutiérrez Assistant Professor of Instruction Department of Asian Studies The University of Texas at Austin https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/asianstudies/faculty/alg3485 https://utexas.academia.edu/AndreaLoreneGutierrez
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