Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v1.c5.231

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prisoner alive; lifting him up by force onto his chariot, as the lover does a maid (yuvatī), he drove off with swift steeds” (iv, 33.8-9).¹ However, the carrying off of a bride is often rather an elopement (e.g. MBh., iii, 224.1-4).