ལ་དུ། | Glossary of Terms
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ལ་དུ།
- la du
- laḍḍu
- laḍḍū
- Term
- laḍḍu
- ལ་དུ།
- la du
- laḍḍu
A popular South Asian sweet.
- laḍḍū
- ལ་དུ།
- la du
- laḍḍū
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).
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.