Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c18.99

v2.c18.99

In the same way Kālī or Durgā, the wife of Çiva, which Çiva, as an upstart god, has not been bidden to the horse-sacrifice of Daksha, shows that, as a true woman, she is more concerned in outward honour, and above all in the honour of her beloved, than he is himself. At first he does not think any more evil, but she fires him on to taking revenge and disturbing the sacrifice (xii, 283 ff.).