Bengal and the United Provinces are at present the chief sources of supply for the foreign demand, but gingelly is largely exported from Madras, and, to a smaller extent, from Burma.
The bread is much less tempting; baked in small round cakes, varnished, made yellow with saffron, and sprinkled with gingelly seed.
The sweets themselves consist of red, yellow and white sticks of what Cousin Jonathan calls "candy;" almond and gingelly rock, all frizzling in the sun.
He is given a present of gingelly (Sesamum) oil, wherewith to anoint himself.
Crushing gingelly oil is, according to the Shastras, a sinful act, but condoned inasmuch as Devatas use this oil for lamps, and men in temples.
During the Onam and Vishu festivals, one para of paddy, two cocoanuts, a small quantity of gingelly (Sesamum) and cocoanut oil are also given.
Veyyi Kannula Ammavaru, or the goddess of a thousand eyes, represented by a pot pierced with holes, in which a gingelly (Sesamum) oil light is burnt.
Veyyi Kannalu Ammavaru, or the goddess of a thousand eyes, represented by a pot pierced with many holes, in which a gingelly (Sesamum) oil light is burnt.
These earnings they spend on the worship of Kontamma by making sajja and gingelly cakes called konte roti, and offering them.
The performer becomes inspired after sitting for some time gazing into a vessel containing gingelly oil, and holding in his hand a curious-shaped wand of gold about a foot and a half long, and hollow.
Receiving these things, he says that he cannot find the dhornam and idol without a torch-light, and demandsgingelly oil.
According to the sastras the crushing of gingelly seeds, and the sale of gingelly oil, are sinful acts, and no one, who does not belong to the Vaniyan class, will either express or sell gingelly oil.
Veyyi Kannula Ammavaru, or goddess of a thousand eyes, represented by a pot pierced with holes, in which a gingelly (Sesamum) oil light is burnt.
Every day until then the girl is rubbed with gingelly oil and turmeric.
First of all, the members thereof rub themselves all over with oil, and are sprinkled by the barber with cow's milk and gingelly oil.
The barber woman takes the rice and one fanam, and receives also some cocoanut and gingelly (Sesamum) oil.
Every morning the chief mourner goes to the grave, and makes offerings of boiled rice, gingelly (Sesamum indicum) seeds, and karuka grass.
For ten days, libations of water mixed with gingelly seeds, called tilothakam, and a ball of cooked rice, must be offered to the stones.
Every morning, a dose of pure gingelly (Sesamum indicum) oil, mixed with white of egg, is administered.
This consists in having their bodies smeared with turmeric paste (Phaseolus Mungo paste), and gingelly (Sesamum) oil.
In addition to this worship, they perform the Rishi and Pithru tharpanam by offering water, gingelly (Sesamum indicum) seeds, and rice.
In the latter, there is no apasavyam (wearing the sacred thread from right to left), and no use of gingelly seeds and dharba grass.
While the couple are seated on the dais the Valluvan priest lights the sacred fire (homam), and, repeating some words in corrupt Sanskrit, pours gingelly oil into the fire.
From the temple authorities they get five measures of paddy, half a measure of rice, some gingelly oil, and a cocoanut.
His wife must not be with child at the' time, and she is made to prove that she is above all suspicion by undergoing the ordeal of thrusting her hand into boiling gingelly (Sesamum) oil.
It is from the latter that the sesamum or gingelly oil of commerce is obtained.
The gingelly seed is stated to be worth about £4 per ton in the North Circars.
During the death ceremonies of some Brahmans, libations of water mixed with gingelly seeds, called tilothakam, and a ball of rice, are offered daily to two stones representing the spirit of the deceased.
The barber touches their shoulders with holy grass dipped in gingelly (Sesamum) oil.
A small image representing the deceased is then made out of raw rice, and to this image a few grains of rice and gingelly seeds are offered.
He sprinkles milk oil, in which some gingellyseeds have been put, over the persons of those under pollution.
On that day oblations of cooked food, water and gingelly (Sesamum) seeds are offered to the departed.
The handing of the kusa grass and gingelly (Sesamum) seeds for the oblation must be done by a member of that caste.
Some gingelly seeds are put into the curd, which is poured so as to make three rings round the pindams.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "gingelly" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
