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Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c13.6

Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c13.6

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¹ Or : And as in this wise even in sleep the passion born of the idea comes by way of the manas (the organ of perception, ideation, and desire), the manovahā sends (sṛijati) the seed born of the idea out of the body. This reading, however, seems to me not so good a one. The manovahā in its function of setting free the seed from all parts of the body is helped by the erotic feelings and ideas. There seems to be no thought here of the pouring forth of the seed. This Indian theory of the manovahā comes up again perhaps in the “ Tavola ritonda ”, which has many Eastern elements in it : La infermità dello amore si èe in una vena la quale vae per mezzo lo cuore, cioè che si muove dalla cima del cuore e gira tutte l’ altre circustanze del corpo ; sicchè, essendo il cuore dello amadore tristo, dolenti e malinconichi stanno tutti gli altri membri ; e perchè la infermità dello amore è più forte e più è pericolosa di tutte l’ altre, tanto è più acculta e nascosa (ed. F. L. Polidori, p. 250). See also Bṛhadāraṇyaka-Up., ii, 1.19; iv, 2.3 ; 3.20; Chānd.-Up., viii, 6.1–2.

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