Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c22.45

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Mādhavī : lent for the begetting of children, in exchange for certain horses, and yet an uninjured virgin, 41 Mādrī : obtains two sons at once, 165, 475; burns herself with her husband, 236, 414 Magic : to awaken from the dead, 11; to call up a god, 29; to get children, 156; in a dispute over boundaries, 266; against enemies, 266, 284, 537; to hold up water, 319; to compel love, 330, 536; in connection with the lying-in bed, 396; as a purification with the dead, 415; to divide oneself into many men in order to satisfy many women, 477; to leave one's own body and dwell in another, 482; magic ear-rings and similar armour (of Karṇa), 33 (cf. also i, 330, 10 ff.; iii, 301, 18-20; 310, 10 ff.), 400; magic ointment for the feet, to carry one at a fabulous speed, 137; magically taking on another form, in order to cohabit with the beloved, 46, 234 (cf. Indra); magic with the effigy of the hated person, 537 note Mahābhārata: characterized, i, 37, 438; composition, revision, interpolation, 2, 34, 81, 83, 84, 108, 167, 200, 208, 236, 253, 338, 365, 412, 416, 439, 443, 447, 450, 456, 461, add. to 84, 445, 471, 547 Maireya, 317 Making way, 233, 493 Māndhātṛ, 374 Maṇi: = indranīla, sapphire, 435 (see also v, 94, 52 ff.) Manly strength, see Potency Marriage: a most important ordinance, 56; its nature, 130; “education for marriage,” 132; noble picture of marriage, 139; a necessity for the woman, 54, 146, 155, 386, 391; for the man, 146; is of legal origin and a matter of ownership, 172; exists for the sake of offspring, 230; demands fidelity from both husband and wife, 248; of incisive importance and magic-