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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Old style rice mill or husk lever}}<br />
{{Infobox machine|name=Dhiki|image=Dhiki by krish.JPG|caption=Traditional Dhiki in Nepal|origin=Nepal, Indiaa|type=Simple Machine|classification=Simple Machine|industry=Substantial|weight=Approx. 6.8 Kg|components=Wood, Stone, Metal|powered=Manual}}'''Dhenki''', '''Dhiki''' or '''Dhinki''' ({{Lang-ne|ढिकी}}; {{IPA-ne|ɖʱiki|pron}}) is an old style [[rice mill]] or [[husk]] [[lever]]<ref name="Dharmapala2003">{{cite book|author=Anagarika Dharmapala|title=The Maha Bodhi|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fnjXAAAAMAAJ|year=2003|publisher=Maha-Bodhi Society.}}</ref> found in [[Nepal]], [[Bangladesh]] and [[India]]n states of [[Assam]], West Bengal and [[Odisha]].<ref name="JenaPatnaik2002">{{cite book|author1=Mihir K. Jena|author2=N. Patnaik|title=Forest tribes of Orissa: lifestyle and social conditions of selected Orissan tribes|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=amgMAQAAMAAJ|year=2002|publisher=D.K. Printworld|isbn=978-81-246-0415-1}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Journal of the Bihar and Orissa Research Society|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=911BAAAAYAAJ|year=1923|publisher=The Society}}</ref> It is usually made of [[hard wood]]. It has a [[Fulcrum (mechanics)|fulcrum]] supporting a weight. Due to the force of the weight upon the rice in the pods, the rice and the golden brown husks separate. Dhenki used to be operated by women to produce rice from paddy and grind rice to powder.<br />
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== Construction ==<br />
''Dhenki'' is traditionally made of wood and some iron. Carpenters build most parts of it where a blacksmith would attach an iron ring to the tip of the lever.<br />
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== Uses ==<br />
The Assamese farming society uses it to retrieve rice from raw paddy grain, to make dry rice flakes, rice powder later to process it to make various delicious dry food items called ''[[pitha]]s''. ''Dhenki'' is still in use some part of rural [[Odisha]]. Dhenki is also used in parts of rural Bengal.<br />
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== In popular culture ==<br />
In the Satyajit Ray's [[Assamese language|Bengali]] movie [[Ashani Sanket]], the actresses were seen operating ''dhenki'' for a short period of time. [[Odia language|Odia]] author [[Fakir Mohan Senapati]] has mentioned of ''dhenki'' in his literary works.<ref name="BoultonEkāḍemī1993">{{cite book|author1=J. V. Boulton|author2=Oḍiśā Sāhitya Ekāḍemī|title=Phakirmohana Senapati: his life and prose-fiction|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XSEwAAAAMAAJ|year=1993|publisher=Orissa Sahitya Akademi}}</ref>[[File:Dhinki.webm|thumb|A woman grinding rice with Dhinki in a village in [[Odisha]]]]<br />
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