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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY.
(JULY, 1902
The triangle is the more primitivo emblem of the yoni: thus -
10. The profession or auto is very often indicated by the tattoo marks, though it has not usally been intentionally included among them. It will be interesting to find
out whether
atöran or utéran (spindle) is
at niebe I, HI
I
.,
stere
tattooed by women of the spinning castes, who were originally nomads, and are now mat-makers or rope-makers, still unsettled in their habits.
11.
The milk-maids of Krishna are thus represented : -
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These emblem, will possibly show that the woinan who hears thetn is a milk-maid, Ahir of Govel by onste. It may be carefully noted that the number of maids shown is always five.
