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Incense smoke wafts from huge burners in Lhasa, Tibet. The first recorded use of incense was by the Indians in the Indus Valley Civilisation in 3600 BC. Egyptians during the Fifth Dynasty, 2345-2494 BC were the first in the non-Asian world to discover the use of incense, which was used by Hindus for centuries by the time of the 5th Dynasty. [1]
Incense is composed of aromatic plant materials, often combined with essential oils. [6] The forms taken by incense differ with the underlying culture, and have changed with advances in technology and increasing number of uses. [7] Incense can generally be separated into two main types: "indirect-burning" and "direct-burning."
Incense powder is formed into the final product through various methods. [12] In the Lin-xiang process incense powder is tossed over wet sticks. Nuo-xiang is when incense paste is kneaded around sticks. For large incense pillars, incense paste is piled around a single bamboo stick and sculpted to shape.
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Incense burning before images, in temples and during prayer practice is also found in many parts of Asia, among followers of Jainism, Sikhism, Buddhism and Taoism. The very idea of offering dhupa is personified in the dakini Dhupa , who is said in the Bardo Thödol to appear on the third day.
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Nevertheless, it was used in the Holy Incense, combining its savors with the others to produce one of the most tantalizing blends of aromatic scents the world has ever known. Maimonides calls it by its Arabic name, maiʻah , which is believed by most scholars to have been the reddish brown resin of Ferula galbaniflua , based on the surmised ...
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