Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c21.14

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P. 48, bottom. Pratīpa’s son is, of course, the re-embodiment of that same Mahābhisha. K. here not only describes in a dozen çlokas what a paragon of a ruler Çantanu was, but also sets before our eyes in pleasing colours that are almost modern a picture of how Gaṅgā, who has just bathed, and is combing her loosened hair with her fingers, shows off the wealth of her wanton charms, and makes all kinds of voluptuous movements (103.31 ff.). Cp. how Hiḍimbā entices Bhīmasena (K., i, 164.24-32); also B., v, 9.9 ff., and who knows how many other passages.