Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c22.20

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Hariçcandra’s love for truth, 491 Harlots: how greatly their profession flourished, 264; marks of distinction, 264; how important in the community and in the army, 266; as ornaments for the feast, escort of honour, hostesses for the guest of honour, and objects of luck, 268; harlot and criminal, 273; their execration and low evaluation, 273; some regulations for the profession, 274; harlot and holiness, 275; food from the harlot takes away manly strength, 524 note 3; envied by respectable women, 497 Hatred for women a crime, 492 He-goat: lascivious, 248; the demon Vātāpi transformed into a he-goat and so eaten, 231 Heisterbach: Monk of, 132, 418 Hell: = distress, etc., 53; all people go to hell, 131 Henpecked husband: a miserable sinner, 486, 487, 524 note 3 Heredity, 177, 185 note 1, 369 Hero and Leander, 438 Hetæræ, see Harlots Hetærism, 33, 115 Hiḍimbā’s love-story, 291 Homosexuality, 242, 498 “Honour women,” see Dignity Horses: white with one black ear (or: with half-black ears), 41, 103, 104; animals of the Kshattriya, 267 (cf. iii, 192, 38 ff.); Satī on horseback, 377 Housewife: who is intent on cooking, 401; must keep order, 402, 429; her authority in the house, 403; daughter-in-law and mother-in-law, 403 Hradād dhradam ivāgata, 26 Hunger: entirely destroys virtue and wisdom, 294; hunger and study, 294; famine, 286 Hunting: Old Indian kings hunt, 19, 48, 74, 90, 223, 233, 234,