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Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v1.c8.88

Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v1.c8.88

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³ Mahārti. Cp. in my translation of Kshemendra's Samayamātṛkā, p. 59, note 1; MBh., iii, 46.44; Divyāvadāna (ed. Cowell and Neil), pp. 254, 255 (kleça and roga = hot desire); Dāmodaragupta's Kuṭṭanimatam in my transl., pp. 59, 131. There vyādhi is anyhow = hot desire. With kaṇḍū in the same passage cp. the Finnish kutku, itching = hot desire.

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