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Sesame (tila)

तिल

Sesamum indicum · Pedaliaceae

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Names and synonyms

Sanskrit
तिलतिलकहोमधान्यपवित्र
Hindi
तिलकाले तिलसफेद तिल
English
Sesamesesamesesame seedtil
Romanized
tilatil
Marathi
तीळ

Ayurvedic properties

Only the qualities the text states are listed. The claims below give each statement with its source.

Taste (rasa)
Astringent (kashaya)Bitter (tikta)Sweet (madhura)
Qualities (guna)
UshnaLaghu
Actions
GrahiDeepanaVrana shodhanaVrana ropana

What the text says

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Properties3

  • The verse describes sesame as hot, pervaded by astringent, bitter and sweet tastes, binding and appetising, light in digestion, and, applied to wounds, cleansing and healing.

    Chapter 4 · p. 53 · v. 25Sanskrit verseTraditional description
  • The commentary gives sesame as hot, astringent and sweet, stopping fluid discharges, kindling the digestive fire, light to digest, and cleansing boils and the like and filling them in.

    Chapter 4 · p. 53 · v. 25Hindi commentaryTraditional description
  • Sesame paste (tila-kalka) is named among vegetables said to remove kapha.

    Chapter 4 · p. 60 · v. 46Hindi commentaryTraditional description

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Topics of the text that discuss it

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Anu oilAphrodisiac rice, black gram and sesame cakesBala oil cooked a hundred timesFoul-smelling, slimy pox ulcersMethod of the alkali (kshara) kalpaNasya that holds back agePlant glossary, letter section त (entries 1–41: तगर to त्वक्)Plant glossary, letter section प (entries 1–48: पटोल to प्लक्ष)Plant glossary, अ entries 34–57 (अभ्रक to इक्षफल)Plant glossary, क entries 71–82 (कुलहला to केतकी)Properties of palm crowns and similar vegetables; dry seedsProperties of sesame, wheat and barley

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Quick facts

Content type
Food
Categories
SeedOils and fats
Source pages with records
2
Pages naming it
3
Chapters
Chapter 4
Extraction tasks
T03
Record id
ingredient_tila