Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v1.c8.39

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³ Not on the 8th, 14th, 15th day of the half month (the Parvan days) nor on the four days when the moon changes must love be indulged in. Baudh., i, 11, 21.18 (cp. 22); Vasiṣṭha, xii, 21; Manu, iii, 45; iv, 128; Yājñav., i, 79; Viṣṇu, lxix, 1; Mārk.-Pur., xxxiv, 43-44. Otherwise the sinner goes to hell. Garuḍapurāṇasārod., iv, 41. The root of these (and of who knows how many similar and seemingly purely ethical) precepts is shown quite correctly in Baudhāyana, i, 11, 21.19: “ On the Parvan days evil spirits are in wait.” Especially dangerous then are naturally an empty house, a graveyard, a tree, water, etc. (see e.g. Viṣṇu, lxix, 7, 8; MBh., xiii, 131.4 f.; i, 170.8-11; 15 f.; 89; Manu, xi, 174 f. (= Agnipur., 169.36 f.) ).