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Re: tilak - dot on forehead
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To: alt-hindu@uunet.uu.net
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Subject: Re: tilak - dot on forehead
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From: Raymond Crawford <dasa@ozemail.com.au>
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Date: 29 Jul 1995 13:37:04 GMT
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From root@oznet03.ozemail.com.au Sat Jul 29 09: 25:35 1995
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Newsgroups: alt.hindu
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Organization: Aumkara Productions
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References: <3um2s8$r6a@babbage.ece.uc.edu>
patel@crhc.uiuc.edu (Janak H. Patel) wrote:
>Lokeswara Rao <lokes@selway.umt.edu> writes:
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>>On 11 Jul 1995, Steven A Smith wrote:
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>> and the subject of tilak came up. We were wondering
>>> what the meaning of it was and what it's origin iss? The uusual sources
>> (dictionary - encyclopedia) say its a dot on the
>>> forehead, but don't explain the "why" of it.
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>>On a woman, a red dot signifies she is married.
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>I don't know when this ritual started and what the Hindu mythical
>story behind this? Anyone?
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In Iskcon culture, to distinguish, or perhaps segregate, a married woman from
an unmarried one, Prabhupada instituted the red dot. In India, the bindi is
worn by either married women, or both, depending on the region.
R
