Social Life in Ancient India: Studies in Vatsyayana's Kamasutra c6.90

c6.90

The Uttarakāṇḍa of the Ramayaṇa records a very interesting and important tradition which goes to show that one of the most powerful ruling families of India was originally derived from the Bāhlīka country.² It is a variant of the well-known myth of Ilā which is found in all the Purāṇas and both the Epics. We are told here that Ilā, a son of the Prajāpati Kardama, was the king of the Bāhlīka country.³ Then the story goes on to relate how he was turned into a woman and passed by the name of Ilā, and when in this condition, had a son Purūravas Aila, by Budha, the son