Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c21.26

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P. 103, ll. 19 ff. It is true that in K. (i, 107.86, 88, cp. 107.101) the fisherman expressly calls the succession to the throne the çulka of Satyavatī, as does Bhīshma in B., 103.14. How greatly the purchase price stood, or anyhow had once stood in the foreground is probably shown also by the usual word vīryaçulkā, and e.g. by i, 190.4: The mighty bow with which Arjuna wins Draupadī is called çulkāvāpta “wrested as the purchase price”, and in harmony therewith Draupadī herself is called pradiṣṭaçulkā (i, 193.23 f.). In note 3, p. 103, it should be remarked: In spite of the agreement with Citrāṅgadā’s father, Arjuna looks on the son thus begotten as also the Pāṇḍavas’ (i, 217.33).