[INDOLOGY] the word 'sesame' and the use of sesame oil

[Lubomír Ondračka]

Yes, sesame oil was widely used. A good introductory entry is in the 
classic Dymock survey:
https://archive.org/details/b2129737x_0003/page/n41/mode/2up

Specific textual references in Ayurvedic works can be found through the 
index of Meulenbeld's A History of Indian Medical Literature under the 
entry "tila".

L.


On 26.04.2023 12:19, Robert Zydenbos 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
>