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Plant name	tila
Language	Sanskrit
Latin name	Sesamum indicum L. - please click to view full record
Sanskrit name	tila
Hindi name	til
Tamil name	eḷḷu, eḷḷucceṭi
Malayalam name	eḷḷu
English name	Sesame, Gingelly
Search occurrence	tila, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
Encyclopedias & Dictionaries	Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 448) tila, m. Sesamum indicum (its blossom is compared to the nose, Gīt. x, 14 Siṃhās.; cf. -puSpa), sesamum seed (much used in cookery; supposed to have originated from Vishṇu's sweat-drops, Hcat. i, 6, 137 & 142), AV. (-la, xviii, 4, 32), VS., ŚBr. &c.; a mole, Kālid.; a small particle, MBh. &c.; the right lung, ŚārṅgS. v, 42; pl. N. of a ch. of PSarv. (cf. kRSNa-, carma-, SaNDha-).

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