Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c12.s2.t1.41

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In the Mahābhārata the Elysian land of Uttarakuru with all kinds of plenty in fruits and flowers and with trees producing all objects of desire (sarvakāma-phalāḥ vrikṣāḥ) is conceived in the northern direction adjacent to Meru. There as fruits from trees are produced garments, ornaments and youthful pairs of men and women (mithunāni) who draw sustenance from the nectar-like milk of the milky trees and are perfectly matched to each other in beauty, dress and appearance. The human beings in that region are happy and contented like the gods being free from all sorrows and ailments and they do not suffer the pangs of separation.¹