Grindmill songs of Maharashtra — Song #113462 by Chavan Saru

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F:XVII-2.12 (F17-02-12) - Brother’s wife, bhāujay / Bhāujay’s kuṅku, her brother’s symbol

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भावा परीस भावजई गुजर चांगली
तिच्या हाळदी कुकान माझी जोडवी रंगली
bhāvā parīsa bhāvajaī gujara cāṅgalī
ticyā hāḷadī kukāna mājhī jōḍavī raṅgalī

✎ More than my brother, my practical sister-in-law is good
(When she came to touch my feet), my toe-rings got coloured with the kunku* and turmeric on her forehead
▷ Brother (परीस)(भावजई)(गुजर)(चांगली)
▷ (तिच्या) turmeric (कुकान) my (जोडवी)(रंगली)

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kunku

A red spot applied on the forehead by married women whose husband is alive as a mark of good fortune. This powder is also applied to God as a part of worship. It is prepared from turmeric, lemon juice, alum etc.

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Bhāujay’s kuṅku, her brother’s symbol

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Grindmill songs of Maharashtra — Song #113462 by Chavan Saru

F:XVII-2.12 (F17-02-12) - Brother’s wife, bhāujay / Bhāujay’s kuṅku, her brother’s symbol