Apr 14 2009Rihanna's tattoo is spelt wrong. Whoops.

Turns out Rihanna's hip tattoo by artist BangBang (above) is not an accurate writing of Hindu Sanskrit, according to The Sun:
An Aussie expert on an education website says the first part means "forgiveness, honesty, suppression and control" and is from Gita, a holy Hindu Sanskrit scripture, but says it is "incorrectly written".
Wait. You mean this BangBang fellow isn't thoroughly versed in ancient texts? Get the fuck out. Now who's going to help me find the holy grail?

Reader Comments
1. Mat - April 14, 2009 10:13 PM
She should show more than her hip.
2. amanda - April 14, 2009 10:16 PM
half the crap people get tattooed on them dosnt mean what they think it means. if you cant read it dont get it on your body - what makes your tattoo guy an expert, he looked it up on google?
do your own research, bring your own characters, if its wrong its your own damn fault!
3. Que - April 14, 2009 10:16 PM
Que fail.
4. holly - April 14, 2009 10:16 PM
second. what a skank.
5. simplicity - April 14, 2009 10:23 PM
this sorta crap makes me laugh..
6. Jimmy Jim - April 14, 2009 10:36 PM
so what was first a stupid tattoo becomes...?
7. Jordana - April 14, 2009 10:48 PM
I always wanted to get "fuck off" or something similar tattooed on my in Japanese, when ppl asked I could just say...FUCK OFF
But then I remembered I don't want tattoos :)
8. Dennis - April 14, 2009 10:50 PM
Sanskrit is an older language to Hindi which is now mostly not spoken in India. A bit like the relationship between Latin and English....
9. Andy - April 14, 2009 10:55 PM
it says "my name is david beckham" and its not a transfer
10. Ginseng - April 14, 2009 10:58 PM
She's gonna look like a friggen retard to every Australian expert on education who ever see's her hip. What a fool.
11. Andy - April 14, 2009 10:58 PM
she knows all about suppression and control thanks to chris brown
12. Lincoln - April 14, 2009 11:15 PM
Because of the mistakes, it reads as "forty acres and a mule."
13. arroyo - April 14, 2009 11:42 PM
Misspelled in Sanskrit?
Who cares, her name "Rihanna" isn't even spelled correctly.
14. Ein - April 14, 2009 11:46 PM
I'll remember that when Chris Brown bits some meat off her.
15. ChEF - April 14, 2009 11:53 PM
She could literally have anything written on those fucking legs and ass for all i care. i'd still be all over it.
16. Venom - April 15, 2009 1:41 AM
She needs some serious mental help.
Letting this greasy fat fuck named Bang Bang touch her and deface her beautiful body with those shitty tattoos.
17. desi - April 15, 2009 1:55 AM
pretty sure "spelt" is not a word..
unless it's a bad joke referring to the tatoo situation..? i can never tell with fish.
18. desi - April 15, 2009 1:56 AM
actually, i take it back. spelt is used in context with grains and flour..
19. Narcissist - April 15, 2009 2:17 AM
Looks like Chris Brown skankified her. More damage than we guessed.
It says: "Impulsiveness, Shortsightedness, Ignorance and Poor Judgment".
20. bald outing - April 15, 2009 2:31 AM
she looks happy - but a tattoo isn't going to make chris brown go away.
21. Star Wars Nerd - April 15, 2009 2:42 AM
You know, I felt sorry for this bitch for a while, but I just can't stand tattoos on any woman--as far as I'm concerned, she deserved her ass beating for being a trashy whore.
22. Autumn - April 15, 2009 2:55 AM
my friend had a tattoo done in "arab" above her ass crack to have it say 'slave" but after wards we found out it said "nigger' in arab..be careful what you wish for
23. Grimmer - April 15, 2009 3:14 AM
Tattoos are tiny flesh billboards advertising what an idiot you are.
24. mihir - April 15, 2009 4:07 AM
Yeah, that reads completely nothing. Some of the print doesn't even look like any real sort of a Sanskrit character. This all just keeps getting better and better; or worse and worse, depending on how you look at it.
25. Steph - April 15, 2009 4:43 AM
Suppression and control..hmmmm....who was abusing whom i wonder. Aquarius = usually full of crap
26. Kimberly - April 15, 2009 5:13 AM
What a stupid bitch! Haha! That's what she gets for trying to look cool and interesting!
27. ToeJam - April 15, 2009 5:24 AM
Only thing dumber than a nigger is a wigger.
28. Mike Walker - April 15, 2009 5:50 AM
I see D-O-U-C-H-E-B-A-G written all over that guy's face.
29. Zanna - April 15, 2009 6:51 AM
Shouldn't it be "spelled wrong"? I thought "spelt" was a type of wheat.
30. mikeock - April 15, 2009 7:29 AM
I often wonder how many of those oh-so-hip Asian character tattoos actually say something like, "I LOVE TO SUCK COCK"
31. If U seek Amy - April 15, 2009 7:59 AM
True Story right here folks. I had a friend who had the Chinese characters for "Hope and Faith" tattooed on her neck. 3 years later she actually had it translated by a Chinese man.... and it said FRUIT AND VEGETABLES.
lol.
32. bambi - April 15, 2009 8:00 AM
Um, you she got this tattoo 2 YEARS ago right? This was when "Umbrella" came out. Note the hair.
So ummmm. yeah.
33. Jeezy - April 15, 2009 8:00 AM
Cryptic tattoos that nobody knows the meaning of are stupid.
34. Come-Honor-Face - April 15, 2009 8:13 AM
If anyone is thinking about getting a tatoo, get one on your arm that says, "I'm Stupid", that way 20yrs down the road, when you ask yourself..."god, why did I get a tatoo", just look at your arm.......
35. What? - April 15, 2009 8:18 AM
I thought it was Chinese for " kick and shoot load here".
Stupid me....
36. simplicity - April 15, 2009 8:24 AM
Don't knock all tattoos..
Some people get them because they mean something to them...
religiously, emotionally
Some people get them because they're idiots
37. simplicity - April 15, 2009 8:24 AM
Don't knock all tattoos..
Some people get them because they mean something to them...
religiously, emotionally
Some people get them because they're idiots
38. Pilatunes - April 15, 2009 8:53 AM
Grimmer @23...perfect
39. RichPort's Ghost - April 15, 2009 8:55 AM
I can read Sanskrit... that's her ATM PIN.
40. Hate er - April 15, 2009 9:19 AM
Yeah she is a talentless whore for one and has a giant nose like a gorilla for another. I hope Brown bashes her brains in next time.
41. Nicole - April 15, 2009 9:30 AM
That girl has been through so much
42. Char - April 15, 2009 9:32 AM
LOL- love it
43. emile - April 15, 2009 9:48 AM
17 and 29
Spelt is Britsh
Spelled is American
think colour / color
44. emile - April 15, 2009 9:49 AM
17 and 29
Spelt is British
Spelled is American
think colour / color
45. mafme - April 15, 2009 10:51 AM
You anti-tat people are a bunch of fucking pussies. I hope that you're proud to be a collective old man. Now go get those kids off your lawn and tell some hippies to get hair cuts.
46. lol - April 15, 2009 12:47 PM
#37: "Some" people get tattoos because they're idiots? No, I would say it's more like the majority. Like 95% majority. Tattoos only work when they're personally significant, making all those dragons, skulls and pinup girls utterly pointless.
47. mcfeely smackup - April 15, 2009 1:18 PM
" 33. Jeezy - April 15, 2009 8:00 AM
Cryptic tattoos that nobody knows the meaning of are stupid."
You've missed the point of tattoos entirely, cryptic ones are the perfect tat.
The reason people get tattoos is to show them off to other people, whom they believe will think they are cool for having it. The problem is that that "hey, check out my tat" effect only works for about 5 minutes, then people lose interest. Eventually the douchebag has to get ANOTHER tattoo to recapture that brief moment of notoriety.
The cryptic tattoos are even better, because it makes other people ASK you what it means...then you get to pontificate about some bullshit about blah, blah blah...and they think it makes them look even cooler.
Basically, tattoos are emotional cries for attention in personified douchebag form.
48. lucas - April 15, 2009 1:36 PM
her arabic tattoo is spelled wrong too.
its on her side ribs .....
49. ms martyr - April 15, 2009 3:01 PM
Spelt?
50. ms martyr - April 15, 2009 3:01 PM
Spelt?
51. justifiable - April 15, 2009 5:07 PM
#17, 29, 49 etc.
Jesus, people, "spelt" is perfectly correct, it's the past participle of "spell" . Do you say "who DEALED the cards" or "who dealt them?" Who knelt down in church last week? Whose sister got felt - not feeled - up?
52. justifiable - April 15, 2009 5:09 PM
As for the tattoo, no sense in crying over spilt milk.
53. Jim Lahey - April 15, 2009 5:20 PM
I would feast on her ass like a stoned 400LB guy attacks food at an all you can eat buffet.
54. Fas(c)hionista - April 15, 2009 7:52 PM
@45. mafme
Yeah, you're right, all those deep, meaningful tramp stamps and tribals and barbed wire armbands and "Shhh" on the index fingers and stars behind the ear or leading down skanky chicks' abdomens are really beautiful, especially after ten years or so when the coloured ink fades to that ugly green and it looks like a two year old attacked them with a Sharpie in their sleep.
Nothing is funnier that saggy old flesh all inked up, male or female.
Now go get a haircut, hippie.
55. Narcissist - April 16, 2009 6:47 AM
@ 32 - So she's actually been skankified for a while now, huh?
@ 45 - You pro-tat people are a bunch of fucking dummies. I hope you're proud to be a collective eyesore. Now go get tested for hep.
56. bmose - April 16, 2009 9:21 AM
Everytime I see a tatoo on a hot chick, all I can think about is Pam Anderson's Hep C. They are God's way of identifing retarted people.
57. Lyn - April 16, 2009 2:27 PM
Don't blame the tattoo guy. Obviously the dum hoodrat Rihana gave him the wrong spelling of what to write on her.
Why is there a White guy so close to her in that photo that makes me sick.
58. Law OFF the Tatts Rihanna - April 17, 2009 5:19 AM
You need Tatts..like you need another Beating!
Stop hurting..defacing the beautiful body that God gave you.
59. AmandaAtrocity - April 18, 2009 1:44 AM
You know, it's really sad the way some of you are talking about her. She has been damaged mentally and physically and none of you seem to look at that. Everyone has the right to choose what they want on their own body. You may not like it but that doesn't mean she deserves to be called trashy. For you people to say she deserves a beating for her tattoos, are just horrible. How would you feel if someone said that about your mother, sister, girlfriend or anyone in your family? She's not choosing the best kind of help right now, but she's fighting her own demons and she'll get the right help when SHE is ready.
60. sofia - May 13, 2009 11:04 AM
haaaaaaaaaaaaaaters, u guys make her what she is today, yall probably be siting there humming her songs, idiots, let her be, u guys have no room to judge her, if u are without any sin then u can judge her, as along as the tat says what its suppose to say, who cares how its written, it looks hot. I must agree that the body is not to be marked on or pierced, so for the anti tat people, u better not have any piercings cause ur going to hell, lol