Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c18.93

v2.c18.93

² Aparvaṇi. Literally: where there is no joint; where one cannot bend and slip out. Here the explanation of the schol. is wrong. But he is right in giving in v, 127.19 the paraphrase apraṣṭāve "where there is no favourable opportunity". Parvan also means: "appointed time", and according to Wilson's dictionary then even "opportunity". Perhaps aparvan goes with it (that is = "not an opportunity").