Sesame oil is absolutely everywhere in Ayurvedic literature. And as Paturi pointed out, there's a fourteenth-century metarule presented by Śāraṅgadhara that "oil" means "sesame oil" unless otherwise stated. No, I'm not aware of any name similar to /sesame/ that isn't a loanword.
Watt is always good: https://archive.org/details/commercialproduc00wattuoft/page/980/mode/2up If one knew where to look, there is probably more up-to-date information from genetics about the very early history and distribution of the plant. Best, Dominik On Wed, 26 Apr 2023 at 04:21, 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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