The Social and Military Position of the Ruling Caste in Ancient India, as Represented by the Sanskrit Epic c2.s6.12

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‡ On the strīlakṣaṇa see Ag. P. 242 (puruṣalakṣaṇa, 243); the dramatic ideal corresponds: compare e. g. Vikram., beginning of Act iv.; the king’s remarks on Ҫakuntalā, Act i., etc. In Epic add xiii. 104. 131 ff. (C. omits 132 b). The Bṛh. Saṃ. 70. 16 ff. gives some peculiar tests of women’s correct form, and of their virtue, depending on the length of the toes, etc.; in 23 we find prāyo virūpāsu bhavanti doṣā yatra ’kṛtis tatra guṇā vasanti as a general rule. For minuter norms, see the whole chapter.