Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c17.19

v2.c17.19

Very pleasing there, too, are chapters v, 15–43, which tell of Sītā held captive by Rāvaṇa, her ill-treatment by the monsters, her heroic endurance of all sufferings, her proud rejection of the enamoured prince of Laṅkā, her conversation with Hanumant, Rāma’s envoy, and of her unwavering love for her husband. The poet here has poured forth a whole wealth of poetry of Indian hue, without, however, reaching that effect on our feelings which belongs to the simple loftiness found in the section just discussed of the second Book. The Hindu may think otherwise. Hanumant finds the captive in the glorious aṣoka-grove of Rāvaṇa. On her, indeed,