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The amorous connotations of ornaments in Indian Culture are quite unique. The Indian concept of nayika (‘heroine in love’) signifies a woman in a range of romantic moods and states of mind and body vis-a-vis her situation with her lover – moods of union, separation, anger, silking, flirtation, jealousy and their innumerable nuances in terms of feeling and expression. A nayika in each of her changing moods is adorned differently with flowers, clothing and ornaments depending upon the changing seasons. Prakrit and Sanskrit literature is full of smiles and metaphors signifying the passion and sensuality of nayikas. References to a nayika shaking a branch of a flowering tree as if to collect flowers, but in reality trying to attract the attention of her lover with the jingling sound of her bracelets, or to the one thumping her feet as if walking in anger, trying to announce her arrival to her lover by the sound of her anklets or to the one who wears ornaments which indicate her secret marriage or relationship with her lover are many. For example, Shilappadikaram (The ‘Ankle Braceltes’), a third century Tamil epic poem underlines the semiotics of a bracelet as follows:
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