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# Anandakanda 1.2.17

Ānandakanda 1.2.17

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.2.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.1.2.17)

bahule yā puṣpavatī pakṣe sā kākinī smṛtā /  
svasvavarṇasadbhūtā grāhyā vāpyanyavarṇajā //

> she who menstruates during the dark fortnight is known as a kākinī. / She may be taken from one's own caste or born of another caste,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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