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

[Gaia Pintucci]

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 <
andreagutierrez at utexas.edu> 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 <
> indology at list.indology.info> 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 <
>> 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
>>>
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