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तिल
तिल
Sanskrit
Noun
तिल • (tila) m
- Sesamum indicum (its blossom is compared to the nose), sesamum seed (much used in cookery ; supposed to have originated from विष्णु's sweat-drops).
References
- Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 0448