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OCTOBER, 1904.)
TATTOOING IN CENTRAL INDIA.
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Parts of the body.
Design.
Name of Design.
Morning of Design.
Javaurdāņā,
Barley grains.
A
Chauk, to
6
On the wrist
... A square (in mar.
riages thread investitures, &c.) formed with wheat, rice, &c., spread on a cloth which covers & stool (pat) prepared as a seat for the boy or girl.
Females.
Chandrakor, tanite The new moon.
7. Between the eye-brows...
Angāră, sf TT .. A talismanic mark
to avert the influence of the evil
eye. Chandrakors ang- The new moon, ārā, T
w ith the ornavic.
1 mental mark. Tipkā or Dāņā, Dot. Feyen-TTT.
8
On the left side of the nose
9 On the right cheek
Do.
do.
Do.
10
On the lower lip ...
Do.
do.
11 On the chin
Do.
Sits kå häta, The hand of Sita. सीताका हात.
12
Nisarņi, ptecoft ... Ladder.
Between the shoulder and the wrist.
2
Bāvalyā, at F41... The babal tree
(4oacia arabica).
