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Grindmill songs of Maharashtra
Songs by Kurpe Baba
(100 records)

Village: आकवले - Akole

A:I-1.6dii (A01-01-06d02) - Sītā / Rāvaṇ / In the form of a Gosāvī / Sītā suspects. questions the gosāvī

A:I-1.8b (A01-01-08b) - Sītā / Lakṣmaṇ takes Sītā to the forest / Sītā, bewildered, doubts about actual destination

A:I-1.11c (A01-01-11c) - Sītā / Pregnancy in forest / Alone in the forest

A:I-1.22a (A01-01-22a) - Sītā / Sharing her lot / Sītā sends her exile to all women on earth

A:II-1.2av (A02-01-02a05) - Woman’s doubtful entity / Negative of man / Unequal to man / Various trees carry unequal value

A:II-1.6ci (A02-01-06c01) - Woman’s doubtful entity / Imagining one’s funeral / Brother’s role / Brother’s presence and rites

A:II-1.6d (A02-01-06d) - Woman’s doubtful entity / Imagining one’s funeral / Daughter’s grief

A:II-1.6j (A02-01-06j) - Woman’s doubtful entity / Imagining one’s funeral / Rituals performed on her body

A:II-2.8a (A02-02-08a) - Woman’s social identity / Feminine turbulence / Sex relations between close relatives

A:II-2.8d (A02-02-08d) - Woman’s social identity / Feminine turbulence / “In the gardener’s garden”

A:II-2.16 (A02-02-16) - Woman’s social identity / Whom to share one’s grief with?

A:II-3.4 (A02-03-04) - Constraints on behaviour / Charity to Gosāvī mendicant

A:II-3.5aiv (A02-03-05a04) - Constraints on behaviour / Rules of conduct / Brother / Due behaviour guarantees brother’s esteem

A:II-3.5j (A02-03-05j) - Constraints on behaviour / Rules of conduct / Simile for teak wood

A:II-5.3fi (A02-05-03f01) - Labour / Grinding / “At the grindmill at dawn…” / The call of the rooster

A:II-5.3fiii (A02-05-03f03) - Labour / Grinding / “At the grindmill at dawn…” / Get up! No lazyness nor sour face

A:II-5.3kii (A02-05-03k02) - Labour / Grinding / Singing while grinding / Song and work in unisson

A:II-5.3kiii (A02-05-03k03) - Labour / Grinding / Singing while grinding / No grinding without singing

A:II-5.3kix (A02-05-03k09) - Labour / Grinding / Singing while grinding / Daughter remembers mother

A:II-5.3niii (A02-05-03n03) - Labour / Grinding / Daughter remembers mother’s affection / Mother’s milk proves source of energy

B:IV-2.4d (B04-02-04d) - Mārutī cycle / Taking his bath / Forgetful

B:V-3.14a (B05-03-14a) - Village deities / Bahīrī / Bahīrī and the snake / Protection from snake

B:V-39 (B05-39) - Village deities / Bodhaḷā / Bodhaḷā

B:VI-2.1b (B06-02-01b) - Paṅḍharpur pilgrimage / Along the road / Description of the road

B:VI-2.3j (B06-02-03j) - Paṅḍharpur pilgrimage / Companions / Friends

B:VI-2.4di (B06-02-04d01) - Paṅḍharpur pilgrimage / Prompts / Irresistible wish to meet Viṭṭhal, Rakhumai / Not even cared for my life

B:VI-2.4diii (B06-02-04d03) - Paṅḍharpur pilgrimage / Prompts / Irresistible wish to meet Viṭṭhal, Rakhumai / I have taken fancy

B:VI-2.9b (B06-02-09b) - Paṅḍharpur pilgrimage / Viṭṭhal - the dear one / Garland and flowers to Viṭṭhal

B:VI-2.9g (B06-02-09g) - Paṅḍharpur pilgrimage / Viṭṭhal - the dear one / Katha, Kirtan, Vina

B:VI-2.10bi (B06-02-10b01) - Paṅḍharpur pilgrimage / Support expected / Paṅḍharpur māhēra / Māhēra

B:VI-2.10bii (B06-02-10b02) - Paṅḍharpur pilgrimage / Support expected / Paṅḍharpur māhēra / Viṭṭhal father

B:VI-2.11m (B06-02-11m) - Paṅḍharpur pilgrimage / Viṭṭhal and Rukhmini / Support expected from mother Rukhmini

B:VI-7.1 (B06-07-01) - Saṅkrāṅt / Earlier day of Saṅkrāṅt, bhogī / Taking head-bath

B:VI-7.3 (B06-07-03) - Saṅkrāṅt / Distribution of sweets, tilgul

B:VII-1.1c (B07-01-01c) - Sun and moon / Sun himself / Sun revolves, looks upon the earth

B:VII-1.2d (B07-01-02d) - Sun and moon / Devotion to sun, an ideal personage / Women broom the courtyard for him at dawn

B:VII-1.2f (B07-01-02f) - Sun and moon / Devotion to sun, an ideal personage / Husband alive, āhevapaṇ a blessing and a satisfaction

B:VII-2.1c (B07-02-01c) - Basil / Brought at home, protected / She is troubled by the wind

B:VII-2.2b (B07-02-02b) - Basil / Basil and gods, ascetics / Viṭṭhal

B:VII-2.5c (B07-02-05c) - Basil / Particularities / Manjulā (compound flower)

C:VIII-2.2d (C08-02-02d) - Mother / Wish for children / They earn honour and happiness for mother

C:VIII-6.5e (C08-06-05e) - Mother / Respect for her / Compared to flowers / Jasmin

C:VIII-8.6 (C08-08-06) - Mother / Feelings and representations / No one but mother cares for daughter’s fatigue

C:IX-2.1 (C09-02-01) - Baby / Attachment / Looks pretty (new hair, fair, like moon, flower)

C:IX-2.2 (C09-02-02) - Baby / Attachment / Bonnet and tunic

C:IX-6.2a (C09-06-02a) - Baby / Struck by bad eye / Things, time to take away the bad eye / Salt, mustard and fenugreek seeds

D:X-2.2a (D10-02-02a) - Mother worries for son / Fear of drowning / While taking bath in well

D:X-2.3c (D10-02-03c) - Mother worries for son / Dangers of exposure to sun / Bright sun of Chaitra

D:X-2.5bii (D10-02-05b02) - Mother worries for son / Son away from mother / Out of station / Mother anxiously waits for son

D:X-2.5bv (D10-02-05b05) - Mother worries for son / Son away from mother / Out of station / So many days out!

D:X-2.8 (D10-02-08) - Mother worries for son / “People will scoff at you”

D:X-3.3b (D10-03-03b) - Mother attached to son / Wonders at his personality / He is virtuous

D:X-3.3ji (D10-03-03j01) - Mother attached to son / Wonders at his personality / Appearance / Red turban

D:X-4.2a (D10-04-02a) - Mother’s expectations from son / Moral support / Permanent backing

D:XI-1.1bvii (D11-01-01b07) - Son expert in farming / Cultivates fields / Mother’s concern / Pre-monsoon rain etc.

D:XI-1.2ci (D11-01-02c01) - Son expert in farming / Rearing bullocks / Bullocks are eating / Various feeds

D:XII-4.11 (D12-04-11) - Son, a man in society / Son’s marriage / Mother is worried as son does not get married

E:XIII-1.3c (E13-01-03c) - Mother’s attachment to daughter / Praising daughter / The works daughter is performing

E:XIV-2.5a (E14-02-05a) - Daughter’s marriage / Bride’s father / He spends a lot

F:XV-1.1t (F15-01-01t) - Sister worries for brother / Sister feeding her brother / With bettlenut leaves and cardamom

F:XV-3.2b (F15-03-02b) - Sister’s attachment to brother / Mutual Intimacy / Reciprocal love

F:XV-3.2h (F15-03-02h) - Sister’s attachment to brother / Mutual Intimacy / Sister’s close relation as with no other man

F:XV-3.2o (F15-03-02o) - Sister’s attachment to brother / Mutual intimacy / Sweet quarrels between both of them

F:XV-3.2s (F15-03-02s) - Sister’s attachment to brother / Mutual intimacy / The one with no sister

F:XVI-1.4a (F16-01-04a) - Sister expects brother’s presents / Sari / A black sari called chandrakala

F:XVI-1.6 (F16-01-06) - Sister expects brother’s presents / Brother’s present at her children’s marriage

F:XVI-2.6 (F16-02-06) - Sister expects brother’s moral support / Sister shares with brother

F:XVI-2.11 (F16-02-11) - Sister expects brother’s moral support / Wealthy relatives compared to brother

F:XVI-2.14c (F16-02-14c) - Sister expects brother’s moral support / Brother visits sister at her house / Sister expects him to come

F:XVI-2.14d (F16-02-14d) - Sister expects brother’s moral support / Brother visits sister at her house / Brother comes as a guest

F:XVI-4.8 (F16-04-08) - Sister expects brother coming as murālī / Sister is glad when brother arrives

F:XVII-1.4f (F17-01-04f) - Brother as father-in-law of one’s son, vyāhī / Paternal aunt and niece / Brother at sister’s son-in-law at mother-in-law’s place

F:XVII-3.5 (F17-03-05) - Feast of bhāubij / Sister expects brother to come

F:XVII-7.1 (F17-07-01) - Guru-Bhāū / More intimate relation than with brother

G:XX-4.2b (G20-04-02b) - With brother-in-law’s wife / Close relationship / Remaining together despite husbands’ quarrel

 

1. Sītā suspects. questions the gosāvī
2. Sītā, bewildered, doubts about actual destination
3. Alone in the forest
4. Sītā sends her exile to all women on earth
5. Various trees carry unequal value
6. Brother’s presence and rites
7. Daughter’s grief
8. Rituals performed on her body
9. Sex relations between close relatives
10. “In the gardener’s garden”
11. Whom to share one’s grief with?
12. Charity to Gosāvī mendicant
13. Due behaviour guarantees brother’s esteem
14. Simile for teak wood
15. The call of the rooster
16. Get up! No lazyness nor sour face
17. Song and work in unisson
18. No grinding without singing
19. Daughter remembers mother
20. Mother’s milk proves source of energy
21. Forgetful
22. Protection from snake
23. Bodhaḷā
24. Description of the road
25. Friends
26. Not even cared for my life
27. I have taken fancy
28. Garland and flowers to Viṭṭhal
29. Katha, Kirtan, Vina
30. Māhēra
31. Viṭṭhal father
32. Support expected from mother Rukhmini
33. Taking head-bath
34. Distribution of sweets, tilgul
35. Sun revolves, looks upon the earth
36. Women broom the courtyard for him at dawn
37. Husband alive, āhevapaṇ a blessing and a satisfaction
38. She is troubled by the wind
39. Viṭṭhal
40. Manjulā (compound flower)
41. They earn honour and happiness for mother
42. Jasmin
43. No one but mother cares for daughter’s fatigue
44. Looks pretty (new hair, fair, like moon, flower)
45. Bonnet and tunic
46. Salt, mustard and fenugreek seeds
47. While taking bath in well
48. Bright sun of Chaitra
49. Mother anxiously waits for son
50. So many days out!
51. “People will scoff at you”
52. He is virtuous
53. Red turban
54. Permanent backing
55. Pre-monsoon rain etc.
56. Various feeds
57. Mother is worried as son does not get married
58. The works daughter is performing
59. He spends a lot
60. With bettlenut leaves and cardamom
61. Reciprocal love
62. Sister’s close relation as with no other man
63. Sweet quarrels between both of them
64. The one with no sister
65. A black sari called chandrakala
66. Brother’s present at her children’s marriage
67. Sister shares with brother
68. Wealthy relatives compared to brother
69. Sister expects him to come
70. Brother comes as a guest
71. Sister is glad when brother arrives
72. Brother at sister’s son-in-law at mother-in-law’s place
73. Sister expects brother to come
74. More intimate relation than with brother
75. Remaining together despite husbands’ quarrel