Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c22.55

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Rain : necessary for the husbandman, 286, 451; the king makes rain, 286, 547; the priest, 547; the power of chastity (love—Ṛishyaçṛiṅga), 541, and add. to 547; rainy months bring many insects, 273 Rain of ashes over a place stained with sin, 316 Raivata(ka) : mountain, festival in its honour, 73, 324 Rajas : menstrual blood, passion, 362 Rājputs : position of the woman among them, 9, 250, 438, 463, 465 Rākshasa : wicked, to whom food is delivered daily, 21; appearance, 291; can change form at will, 292; when specially dangerous, 294; their women give birth immediately after conception, 295, 371; particular nature, add. to 391; woman is a Rākshasa, 545 Rāma : stretches the enormous bow and obtains Sītā, 88;