Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c19.107

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⁴ Or : of love (kāmāçayo hi strivargaḥ). The Bible is in agreement : Three things cannot be sated, and the fourth does not say : “It is enough.” Hell, the locked womb of women, earth—it can never have water enough, and fire says not : “It is enough.” Solomon’s Proverbs, 30.15-16 ; that is, almost word for word the celebrated Indian saying, for Luther’s “hell” is the kingdom of the dead.