Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v1.c6.9

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² Thus according to the dictionaries. But perhaps: vessels with shells. Shells, like water-filled pitchers, shoots, gold, etc., bring luck. See my note Samayamātṛikā, ii, 7 (p. 12); Kuṭṭanīmatam, p. 12, n. 1; Toru Dutt, Ballads and Legends of Hindusthan, pp. 55, 56; Edgar Thurston, Omens and Superstitions of Southern India (London, 1912), p. 111; Rajendralala Mitra, Indo-Aryans, i, p. 288; Caland, Altind. Toten- u. Bestattungsgebr., 151.