Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c17.41

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¹ Sounds somewhat strange. Is perhaps īkṣaṇalakṣmaṇām “having the eyes as moon-spots”, one of the many Prakrit forms in the Epic, to be read? The text means literally: “in its smile (through its smile) like unto moonshine.” A somewhat smoother reading would be smitam. In the following half-śloka vṛtam instead of vṛttam is probably right, though “round, with heavenly beams” would also do.