84000 Glossary of Terms

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ལ་དུ། | Glossary of Terms

  • ལ་དུ།

  • la du
  • laḍḍu
  • laḍḍū
  • Term
Publications: 3
  • laḍḍu
  • ལ་དུ།
  • la du
  • laḍḍu
Definition in this text:

A popular South Asian sweet.

  • laḍḍū
  • ལ་དུ།
  • la du
  • laḍḍū
Definition in this text:

A kind of sweetmeat made of coarsely ground gram or other pulse or of corn flour, mixed with sugar and spices, and fried in ghee or oil (Monier-Williams).

  • laḍḍu
  • ལ་དུ།
  • la du
  • laḍḍu RP
Definition in this text:

A round sweet ball. The Tantra of Great Gaṇapati describes a laḍḍu as a type of food containing the three sweets and the three fruits that is sprinkled with a delicious fragrance, rolled into a ball, and boiled in milk and butter.