Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c13.97

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³ So certainly is yakṣarūpa to be taken here; for that Çikhaṇḍinī took over the Yaksha’s form is out of the question. Rūpa = cihna, mark, token, first mark, forewarning is a good Epic usage (ii, 80.9, 27; iii, 155.8; iv, 39.7; v, 73.39; vi, 3.65 ff.; vii, 192.14; xii, 102.8 ff.; 228.1). Also it = symbolic action, bearing (ii, 80.9, cp. with 80.24).