Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c14.3

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² The children’s female demon Pūtanā gives her breast to the suckling during the night, and those that drink of it die at once. Viṣṇup., vol. iv, p. 376; Bhāgavatapur., x, 6. Evil spirits kill the fruit of the womb, exchange those of two pregnant women, if these come near trees, mountains, embankments, ditches, cross-roads, burning-grounds, or the sea (water), where a spirit of this kind dwells (Mārk.-Pur., li,