Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v1.c5.356

v1.c5.356

¹ Pāradārika, therefore, here used of wrongful behaviour with a woman who is not (here even : not yet) wedded to a man. As to the position of Māhishmatī, “sacred to Agni,” see Pargiter, Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa (Calcutta, 1904), p. 333, note ‡.