Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c21.83

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He goes on to say: Even the pattern of a good wife, Arundhatī, did angrily suspect her noble, faithful husband, Vasisṭha, one who was wholly pure, and thought only of what was for her good and dear to her; therefore she now twinkles down as though with but one eye, the other being shut like that of one taking aim, smoky-red, ugly, and only slightly to be seen (nimittam iva paçyati; nimitta probably here means: (1) target in shooting; (2) mark, proof, of the husband's wrong-doing, for which she keeps a sharp look-out. MBh., i, 233.27 ff.). Arundhati is the small, weak star Alcor, Vasisṭha one of the seven Ṛishis that make up the Great Bear.