Social and Political Life in the Vijayanagara Empire (A.D. 1346 – A.D. 1646) v2.c19.s2.t2.69

v2.c19.s2.t2.69

"To give up food and apparel, and lie about in the porches of temples, is the fate written for *their sins* in the foreheads of monks: what would they be worse for familiarity with women?"¹ "After going through all his studies, and attaining consummate wisdom, after making nothing of divinity, the *moment he sees a fair woman he forgets all his sanctity*."²