Incense also known as agarbathi (or agarbatti) and joss sticks, in which an incense paste is rolled or moulded around a bamboo stick, are the main forms of incense in India. The bamboo method originated in India, and is distinct from the Nepali/Tibetan and Japanese methods of stick making without bamboo cores. Though the method is also used in the west, particularly in America, it is strongly associated with India. The basic ingredients are the bamboo stick, the paste (generally made of charcoal dust and joss/jiggit/gum/tabu powder - an adhesive made from the bark of litsea glutinosa and other trees), and
God (word) of Language and Myths" claimed that the word "god" was taken from the Buddha's patriarchal name of Gotama. Henry Scadding, and Henry Le Mesurier in his book "Mer-cur-ius, or The Word Maker", also connected Lombard Guodan to Gotama Buddha. The connection of Gwydion with Wotan (but not with "god") is due to Jacob Grimm. The word "God" was used to represent Greek "Theos" and Latin "Deus" in Bible translations, first in the Gothic translation of the New Testament by Ulfilas. For the etymology of "", see "*". Greek " " (') means god in English. It is often connected with