Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Materials Facet
3. Materials (hierarchy name)
4. materials (substances)
5. [materials by function]
6. food
7. [milk and milk by product]

Anotations

Scope note:

Clarified butter used as both a staple food and for religious rites on the Indian subcontinent. Ghee made from cow's milk is used in almost all Hindu ceremonies including birth, initiation rituals, weddings, and gift-giving at death. Images of deities are washed in ghee, and it is used as fuel in holy lamps.