Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c20.44

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³ According to xii, 36.28 the harlot’s food robs him who receives it of his manly powers, just as does that of the henpecked husband, and that of the wretched man who tolerates his wife’s lover. But it is well known that even the truly good and holy men of India gave little heed to this the dearest treasure of man, for Buddha and others gladly accepted charitable gifts from hetæræ. Cp. Manu, iv, 211 ; Yājñ., i, 215 ; Āpastamba, i, 6, 19.15; etc. While it is also impressed on the Snātaka, that is on the Brahman before all, that food from a king takes away his strength (tejas) (Manu, iv, 218)!