Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v1.c6.123

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¹ In the Epic, too, this Eastern, and especially Indian, sign of tenderness is mentioned over and over again. In Rām., vii, 71.12 we read: “ I will smell thee on the head; that is the greatest sign of tender love” (snehasya parā gatiḥ). Cp. Meyer, Kauṭilya, 11.26 ff.