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pongal|ˈpɒŋgəl|
Also pongol, pongul, ponkal.
[ad. Tamil poṅkal, ‘boiling’.]
The Tamil New Year festival at which new rice is cooked; hence, a dish of cooked rice.
1788F. Magnus tr. Sonnerat's Voy. East-Indies & China I. v. 142 The second day the festival is called Maddou-Pongol, or Pongol of cows:—they paint the horns of these animals, cover them with flowers, make them run in the streets, and lastly make the Pongol at home for them. 1809Asiatic Ann. Reg. 1807 Misc. 141 (heading) An interesting account of the great Hindu festival Pongal, by Teroovercadoo Mootiah. Ibid. 144/1 The Hindoos visit and compliment each other, wishing a happy Pongal, or many returns of that Pongal, for the preservation of each other. 1855H. H. Wilson Gloss. Indian Terms 421/1 Pongal.., a boiling or bubbling up, the boiling of rice, whence it becomes the name of the popular festival held by the Hindus in the Madras provinces. 1877M. Monier-Williams Hinduism xii. 182 In the South of India this festival is commonly called ‘Pongal’, and is the commencement of the Tamil year. 1897H. K. Beauchamp tr. Dubois's Hindu Manners II. iii. iii. 580 The pongul, or Maha-sankranti, always takes place during the winter solstice, the period when the sun, having finished its course towards the southern hemisphere, turns to the north again and comes back to visit the people of India. 1906W. Crooke Things Indian 211 The opening of the agricultural year is marked..by the Pongol of South India. 1913Encycl. Relig. & Ethics VI. 44/1 The central rite of the great Pongol festival of S. India consists in cooking new rice, some of which is offered to Ganeśa, the remainder being eaten by the family. 1961[see idli]. 1968P. Lal Indian Recipes 58 Many delicacies are prepared for the Pongal feast... The six months following Pongal are considered auspicious for marriage. 1974F. W. Clothey tr. L. S. Ramamirtham in New Writing in India 97 No matter how poor a man is, it's only at Poṅkal that his rice boils in a new pot. |