The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c24.21
The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c24.21
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the word used for ‘morning draught’ being the same as that used for ‘corpse-washer’¹. The *double entendre*, said to have been fortuitous, was more efficacious even than the king’s favour, and secured the three reigning beauties from molestation.