Grindmill songs of Maharashtra — Song #31513 by Shedge Sakhu bai

Village: धामणवळ - DhamanOhol

G:XIX-5.4a (G19-05-04a) - Husband and wife: attitudes, images and values / Wife under two rules / Husband’s kingdom

Cross-references:

G:XIX-1.1i (G19-01-01i) - Wife with a living husband / Kuṅku / Kuṅku gives happiness
H:XXI-5.2fiii (H21-05-02f03) - Ambedkar / Ramābāī, the first wife / Closeness, intimacy / Domestic relations, home scenes

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शेडगे सखूबाई - Shedge Sakhu bai

कपाळाला कुकु कालच माझ शिळ
गवळणी माझ्या बाई चुड्याच राज्य भोळ
kapāḷālā kuku kālaca mājha śiḷa
gavaḷaṇī mājhyā bāī cuḍyāca rājya bhōḷa

✎ I have a stale kunku* from yesterday on my forehead
My dear daughter, husband’s regime is simple
▷ (कपाळाला) kunku (कालच) my (शिळ)
▷ (गवळणी) my woman (चुड्याच)(राज्य)(भोळ)

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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.

Sections of semantic classes:

Husband’s kingdom

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

Grindmill songs of Maharashtra — Song #31513 by Shedge Sakhu bai

G:XIX-5.4a (G19-05-04a) - Husband and wife: attitudes, images and values / Wife under two rules / Husband’s kingdom