A History of Indian Literature v1.c8.s7.87
A History of Indian Literature v1.c8.s7.87
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This, then, would be a ritual argument for the bondage of woman.¹ In another place the relationship of the wife to the husband appears in a slightly pleasanter light. Namely, at the Vājapeya-sacrifice, the following ceremony occurs. A ladder is leaned against the sacrificial stake, and the sacrificer, with his wife, ascends it: