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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{About|a cutting instrument from Odisha, India||Paniki (disambiguation)}}<br />
[[File:Panikhi.jpg|thumb|A paniki after being used for cooking]]<br />
'''Paniki''' or '''Panikhi''' ([[Odia language|Odia]]- ପନିକି) is a tool with a cutting edge and a wooden [[footrest]],<ref name="MohantyPatnaik2003">{{cite book|author1=Gopinath Mohanty|author2=Jeeban Kumar Patnaik|author3=Santosha Kumāra Ratha |title=Cultural heritage of &#91;Orissa&#93;|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e7ZKAQAAIAAJ|year=2003|publisher=State Level Vyasakabi Fakir Mohan Smruti Samsad|isbn=978-81-902761-4-6}}</ref> used for chopping vegetables, fish and meat.<ref name="General1967">{{cite book|author=India. Office of the Registrar General|title=Census of India, 1961: Orissa|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wwAfAQAAMAAJ|year=1967|publisher=Manager of Publications}}</ref> Panikis are mostly used in [[Odisha]], [[India]].<ref name="Dept1990">{{cite book|author=Orissa (India). Harijan & Tribal Welfare Dept|title=Tribes of Orissa|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yStuAAAAMAAJ|year=1990|publisher=Harijan and Tribal Welfare Department, Government Of Orissa}}</ref> A variation of the tool, known as ''[[Boti]]'' ([[Bengali language|Bengali]]- বটি), is found in the Indian states of [[West Bengal]] and [[Tripura]], as well as in [[Bangladesh]]. Various tribes of Odisha used for different purposes. The tribe members of the [[Kondha|Mutkia Kondha]] worship paniki as deity and do not keep their feet with their feet. They rather use a special type of paniki with a wooden stand.<ref name="MalinarBeltz2004">{{cite book|author1=Angelika Malinar|author2=Johannes Beltz|author3=Heiko Frese|title=Text and context in the history, literature, and religion of Orissa|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9Y0MAQAAMAAJ|date=1 September 2004|publisher=Manohar|isbn=978-81-7304-566-0}}</ref> Panikis of ancient times show engraving of cultural and religious elements.<ref name="Pathy1990">{{cite book|author=Dinanath Pathy|title=Traditional Paintings of Orissa|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GAnrAAAAMAAJ|year=1990|publisher=Working Artists Association of Orissa}}</ref> Traditionally in rural Odisha, panikis are made from [[wrought iron]] or recycled steel by the [[blacksmith]].<ref name="Behura1978">{{cite book|author=Nab Kishore Behura|title=Peasant potters of Orissa: a sociological study|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r-AcAAAAIAAJ|year=1978|publisher=Sterling|isbn=978-0-89684-072-0 }}</ref><br />
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== In popular culture ==<br />
In murals of the Ushakothi cave painting at [[Samasingha#Ruins_of_Hill_Forts_of_Ulapgarh|Ulapgarh]] depict the use of paniki being used by a woman.<ref name="FischerPathy1996">{{cite book|author1=Eberhard Fischer|author2=Dinanath Pathy|title=Murals for goddesses and gods: the tradition of Osakothi ritual painting in Orissa, India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8Y3pAAAAMAAJ|year=1996|publisher=Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts|isbn=978-3-907070-67-3 }}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:Cutting]]<br />
[[Category:Cuisine of Odisha]]<br />
[[Category:Hand tools]]</div>Allen2502