painjan

plural painjans

1. A traditional Indian anklet, often adorned with small bells or intricate designs. The delicate sound produced by the bells as the wearer moves is considered auspicious and adds a musical quality to footsteps.

   In his hands is a veena which is producing delicate sounds, on his waist are tied musical bells, in his legs are painjan.

   2003, Shashishekhar Gopal Deogaonkar, Shailaja Shashishekhar Deogaonka, Tribal Dance and Songs (Castes and Tribes of India Series; Issue 8), Concept Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 100

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   Jewellery such as tanmani, bormal, Ranihar, kolhapuri saaj, thushi are worn on the neck; bajuband on area of hand above elbow; painjan wore on ankles; kudi, bugdi, vajra kutka, vel, Bali on ears; Marathi nath on nose; jodave on leg fingers.

   2025 January 1, Wikipedia contributors, “Culture of Maharashtra”, in English Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation