Dear Martin,

The works of Francis Zimmermann, though focusing primarily on materia medica,

may also offer some useful leads.

La jungle et le fumet des viandes, Paris 1982.

Le discours des remèdes au pays des épices. Enquête sur la médecine hindoue,

(Paris 1989).

The former, I believe, has also been translated into English.

Matthew

Matthew Kapstein
Directeur d'études,
Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes

Numata Visiting Professor of Buddhist Studies,
The University of Chicago

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Subject: Re: [INDOLOGY] Sanskrit food glossary (and mudrā)

 

I do not know of a glossary of “food” grains, but there are several encyclopedias of Indian plants, especially medicinal plants, which also contains most of the grains and plants that are eaten.

C. P. Khare, Indian Medicinal Plants: An Illustrated Dictionary. Springer.2007.

Indian Medicinal Plants. 5 vols. Orient Longman, 1994.

Indian Medicinal Plants. Ed. K. R. Kirtikar and B.D. Basu. 11 volumes. Oriental Enterprises. 2001.

Maria Vittoria Macri, Lexicon Phytonimicum. Torino: CESMEO, 1988. Only vol. 1 published going from a to au.

K. M. Nadkarni. Indian Materia Medica. 2 cols. Bombay: Popular Prakashan, 1976 (originally published in 1908).

Patrick Olivelle

On Jul 4, 2018, at 8:45 AM, rrocher via INDOLOGY <indology@list.indology.info> wrote:

The most knowledgeable person I know on Sanskrit, Prakrit, and Tamil cookbooks is Andrea Gutierrez, a PhD candidate at the University of Texas at Austin.  You should be able to find her email address on the UTA website. 

Best wishes,
Rosane Rocher

On 7/4/18 9:14 AM, Martin Gansten via INDOLOGY wrote:

Is there such a thing as a specialized Sanskrit glossary for different food products, particularly grains and pulses? If such resources exist, I'd be very grateful if anyone could point me in the right direction.

Also, does the term mudrā in the sense of 'fried grain' actually occur outside of Tantric contexts, for instance in cookbooks?

Martin Gansten

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