History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.890

v6.c81.890

The importance of *tilas* (sesame) is brought out in the following: A person⁵⁷² who uses sesame in six ways does not sink (is not unsuccessful or unlucky) i. e. who rubs his body with sesame, who bathes with sesame, who is pure and always offers water mixed with sesame (to his deceased ancestors), and who offers sesame into fire, who makes a gift of sesame and who eats sesame.