Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c11.168

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¹ This is well known as an ever-recurring conception among the Indians. But such as it is, it does not sound more unreasonable than, say, the following passage, for which probably very many parallels could be found in the West: “She wore her deep-black hair in astounding quantity wound several times around the back of her head, and it was as if she had trouble to keep her delicate head raised under the heavy burden.” F. K. Ginzkey, *Jakobus und die Frauen*, 1908, p. 107. Yet many women that are blessed with thick hair do say that it is a dragging burden.