Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v1.c5.266

v1.c5.266

In face of the express declaration of the Kshattriyas that the Svayamvara is their peculiar right, it sounds almost like a clumsy pretention of the priestly caste when in v, 35, we find this tale : “ Engaged on the Svayamvara was the maiden called Keçinī, incomparable in her loveliness, yearning she was for a right goodly husband. Then the Daitya Virocana came thither, wishing to win her. Then spoke Keçinī there to the Daitya prince : ‘ Are the Brahmans the better, or the