hayaa

Assalamu alaikum!

hmmm, ok i know ur wondering what am i tryna say here?!

Well, see I've read/heard this word like a billion times but no one was ever able to explain what it really is! I mean does anyone know what the Sola singhaars are??? Can anyone list all 16 of them???

Khuda hafiz

Anti Socrates

like..

my great granny could...

i tried to memorize...

couldnt..

she'd dead now !

offdachain

I cant remeber correctly but i think

1 earrings
2 necklace
3 bracelets
4 lipstick
5 belly chain
6 pazaib
7 gujra
8 eyelines (surma)
9 nose ring
10 tika
11 rings
12 ******* (braid)
13 shoes
14 clothes
15 bazu band
16 nailpolish (i doubt)

Anti Socrates

wah bhai wah!

number to poora ker diyaa...

but theres a lot of "singhaars" which you havent even heared of

offdachain

who has not heard of them maybe you havent i put then there cuz they exist and existed check with someone who has "knowledge brother"

anyways u aint a girl so u wont know

offdachain

who has not heard of them maybe you havent i put then there cuz they exist and existed check with someone who has "knowledge" brother

anyways u aint a girl so u wont know

Anti Socrates

if you have some problems with me in the other thread doesnt men you have to fight with me in all of them.

offdachain

i am not fighring with u anywhere all im saying is that if u havent heard of something does not mean t does not exist

i know i aint heard of ll of them but this is what my ma told me

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Anti Socrates

aright peace!


but please note that "sola singhaar" is a very old indian hindi/urdu-e-mualla term,

and lipstick and nailpolish were introduced very late, possibly in the 1800s when the britishers came...

anyways.. your choice your belief

Hum Sa Ho To Samne Aaye

Or may be it means that larkian start their singhaar from sola baras and keep up at it till 60. Maybe this 6 thingy has somethin to do with this sola :P

Hum Sa Ho To Samne Aaye

hey Anti socrates.
It's true that the modern form of lipstick and nailpolish was introduced quite later. But the sub continent women had other susbstitutes. Nur Jahaan started this lipstick and nail polish thingy by making a kind of paste with a speical kind of stone.
So lipstick and nail polish have been eternal
Oh there's on more singhaar left: jhoomar. And oh...gulu band as well

hayaa

Assalamu alaikum!

Thanx guyz! that was helpful! (kinda)

later

offdachain

thnx Hum se

i guess nailpolsh should be subsituted for jhoomer and gulu band is the same thing as a necklace just closer to a neck (choker in other words)

Hedayat

Thanks Offdachain:

I did read such a list long time ago so can not comment if it is 100% correct but thanks for refreshing my memory.

Qrius

very interesting question hayaa.. i am wondering if anyone wanna contribute more to the topic..please do so.

suroor_ca02

interesting ... it'll be nice if someone post more info about it.

Aashna

Sanskrit texts laid down the concept of Sola singaar
which are as follows:

bindi,
necklaces,
earrings,
flowers in the hair,
bangles,
rings,
armlets on the upper arm,
waistbands,
anklets for the feet,
kohl,
toe rings,
henna,
perfume,
sandalwood paste,
the upper garment
lower garment.


- Aashna

hayaa

man, how old is this thread!


the things I used to wonder about..

714

i TOTALLY know what you're talking about

know what though, i never new that! i always thought it was some religious ritual or something.

Afia

what i can remember is

1...oiling ur hair
2...henna/mehndi
3...surma/kaajal
4...flowers in hair
5...chooriyaan/bangles
6...necklace/guluband
7...dandaasa....(it served 2 purposes....cleaning teeth ..n a pale orangish colour on ur lips as a lipstick)
8...nose pin/ring
9...ear rings
10...pazaib/anklet
11...ubtan
12...perfume
13...tikka/bindee
14...ghaza/blush on
15...jhoomer
16...garments

don't know if i'm right.......but it seems i am...!