Sesame: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Sesame in English is the name of a plant defined with Sesamum indicum in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Capraria integerrima Miq. (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Taxon (1989)
· Proceedings of the Indian Science Congress Association (1981)
· Fieldiana: Botany (2000)
· J. Wuhan Bot. Res. (1998)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (2002)
· Linnaea (1849)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Sesame, for example diet and recipes, extract dosage, side effects, health benefits, pregnancy safety, chemical composition, have a look at these references.
This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Sesame of the gazelle, Sesame oil, Sesame-water.
Ends with: Cape sesame, Wild sesame.
Full-text (+341): Tila, Taila, Tilya, Jartila, Tilakakka, Tailina, Tilaudana, Tilodaka, Ellu, Tilaja, Tiladvadashi, Jattila, Camel's sesame, Gazelle's sesame, Wild sesame, Tilamutthi, Tilavaha, Tilabha, Sesame oil, Cape sesame.
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Search found 87 books and stories containing Sesame; (plurals include: Sesames). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
Expiatory Rites in Keralite Tantra (by T. S. Syamkumar)
2. Expiatory Rites in Tantrasamuccaya < [Chapter 3 - Expiatory Rites in Kerala Tantric Ritual Manuals]
1.1. Expiatory Rites in Prayogamañjarī < [Chapter 3 - Expiatory Rites in Kerala Tantric Ritual Manuals]
The Nilamata Purana (by Dr. Ved Kumari)
The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 3 - Vasiṣṭha’s Order to Nandīvardhana to Fill Up the Cleft < [Section 3 - Arbuda-khaṇḍa]
Chapter 47 - Greatness of the Hermitage of Gautama < [Section 3 - Arbuda-khaṇḍa]
Chapter 41 - Virtuous fruits of bath in Gomatī < [Section 4 - Dvārakā-māhātmya]
Atharvaveda and Charaka Samhita (by Laxmi Maji)
Treatment of Dental disease and Toothache < [Chapter 3 - Diseases and Remedial measures (described in Atharvaveda)]
Treatment of Yakṣma disease—Synopsis < [Chapter 3 - Diseases and Remedial measures (described in Atharvaveda)]
Treatment of Śīrṣakti (headache) < [Chapter 3 - Diseases and Remedial measures (described in Atharvaveda)]
Mahabharata (English) (by Kisari Mohan Ganguli)
Section LXVI < [Anusasanika Parva]
Section LXVIII < [Anusasanika Parva]
Section CXXIX < [Anusasanika Parva]
Sahitya-kaumudi by Baladeva Vidyabhushana (by Gaurapada Dāsa)
Text 10.60 < [Chapter 10 - Ornaments of Meaning]
Text 10.68 < [Chapter 10 - Ornaments of Meaning]
Text 10.43 < [Chapter 10 - Ornaments of Meaning]
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