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<!--QuoteBegin-Bharatvarsh+Sep 18 2007, 11:23 AM-->QUOTE(Bharatvarsh @ Sep 18 2007, 11:23 AM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->Is the nosestud a native thing or a later influence after Muslims came.
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there is this famous line about Queen Padmavati describing the beauty of her nose. this is from the great poetry 'padmAvat', written by Malik Muhammad Jayasi in middle ages, taught to Hindi students as the classic example of sandeh alankAr and sringAr rasa.

<b>nAk kA motI</b>, adhar kI kAnti se,
bIja dADim kA samajh kar, bhrAnti se,
dekh kar sahasA huA Suka maun hai,
sochatA hai anya Suka yah kaun hai?

{the pearl of nose-stud was reflecting the colur of her lips,
alluding to it, therefore, to be a Pomegranate-seed,
when a parrot suddenly saw it, became quiet,
thinking who is this another parrot (thinks her nose to be a parrot eating the Pomegranate-seed)}