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

[Matthew Kapstein]

Dear Prof. Zydenbos,

I recall that sesame in Hebrew is soomsoom, which resembles the terms you cited, though I do not know the origin - I assume that it must have been a loanword.

kind regards,
Matthew

Matthew T. Kapstein
Professor emeritus
Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, PSL Research University, Paris

Associate
The University of Chicago Divinity School

https://ephe.academia.edu/MatthewKapstein

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------- Original Message -------
On Wednesday, April 26th, 2023 at 12:19 PM, Robert Zydenbos <zydenbos at lrz.uni-muenchen.de> 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
> 
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