Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v1.c9.18

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¹ So Marco Polo (Yule) [^3], ii, p. 366 relates of the Yogis that when a man wished to be received as one of them, they first sent beautiful temple-dancers to him to make trial of his steadfastness (cp. the note there, p. 370). But following the Venetian’s description, it seems to be not Brahmans who are in question, but rather Jains.