Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c11.47

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¹ The sixty year old elephant as a type of huge strength is often found in the Epic. So i, 151.4; 153.44; ii, 53.7; iv, 13.24; 31.31; vii, 28.20; Rām., ii, 67.20; vii, 23.45. Cp. Çiçupālav., xviii, 6, and Mallinātha, on the passage, where the forty year old is at the height of his strength.