Grindmill songs of Maharashtra — Song #2188 by Shilimkar Lakshmi

Village: भोर्डी - Bhordi

A:II-1.3b (A02-01-03b) - Woman’s doubtful entity / Worthlessness / Indignity and filth

Cross-references:

A:II-2.3b (A02-02-03b) - Woman’s social identity / Sold in marriage / Husband becomes her owner
A:II-3.5i (A02-03-05i) - Constraints on behaviour / Rules of conduct / No blot on kūḷ, got

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शिळीमकर लक्ष्मी - Shilimkar Lakshmi

लगणाच्या येळ बामण बोलतो मंगाळ
गौळणीचा माझ्या जन्म लेकीचा वंगाळ
lagaṇācyā yēḷa bāmaṇa bōlatō maṅgāḷa
gauḷaṇīcā mājhyā janma lēkīcā vaṅgāḷa

✎ At the time of marriage, a Brahmin* chants sacred hymns
But the life of my daughter born as a woman is dificult and unfortunate
▷ (लगणाच्या)(येळ) Brahmin says (मंगाळ)
▷ (गौळणीचा) my (जन्म)(लेकीचा)(वंगाळ)

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Brahmin ➡ Brahmins

In the songs, this word often refers to prestigious people from the village and not to the caste

Sections of semantic classes:

Indignity and filth

Project ♪♪ सांगते बाई तुला - Sāṅgatē bāī tulā - I tell you woman! ♪♪

Grindmill songs of Maharashtra — Song #2188 by Shilimkar Lakshmi

A:II-1.3b (A02-01-03b) - Woman’s doubtful entity / Worthlessness / Indignity and filth