Kānugu

Kānugu

Grammar: the word as the Telugu print gives it (కానుగు).

Meaning: a tree whose oil is named among the inferior oils.

In the scriptures: Brahmā says that among sesame oil, gāra oil, ippa oil, kānugu oil and safflower oil, sesame oil is best by a fourth, and the rest are called inferior.

Source: Bhavishya Purāṇa, Brahma Parva, Chapter 12

Sources

• Bhavishya Purāṇa, Brahma Parva, Chapter 12