Rasarnavasudhakara 1.259

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1.259

Now, the female assistants of the heroine:
Their female messengers are: a female confidante, a maidservant, a female ascetic, a female neighbour, 160
a foster-sister, an artisan woman, a maiden, a female storyteller,
a female craftswoman, and a female astrologer; these are endowed with the qualities of the hero's companions.

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A female ascetic is like Paṇḍitakauśikī and others; a female neighbour is one who resides in an adjoining house; an artisan woman is skilled in playing the lute and so forth; a female craftswoman is a washerwoman and the like; a female astrologer is an expert in divination; the rest are well known. Because the substantial determinants of the other aesthetic sentiments do not require detailed determination, and beginning a separate section is of no use, we will treat them only on the occasion of each respective aesthetic sentiment.

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Thus ends the section on the heroine.

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Now, the stimulating determinants of the erotic sentiment:

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Rasārṇavasudhākara — Siṃhabhūpāla, Sanskrit