Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c22.81

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Vadhū, daughter-in-law, 342 Varuṇa : as abductor of women, 318 Vasati, to obtain, 104 Vasisṭha : his wonder-cow, 47; begets sons for others, 160 add., 161, 167, 371; house-priest of Kalmāṣapāda, 160 add.; of Saṃvaraṇa, 284; wants to commit suicide, 191, cf. 233 note 2; tormented with jealousy by Arundhatī, 474 add. Vātāpi : magically changed into a he-goat and eaten, 231, 349 Vāyubhagnāṅga, 481 Viçeṣaka, “ cheek-mark,” 433 Viçvāmitra : seduced by Menakā, 92, 260 Vidulā, 458 Vikrīḍate, represent (by playing), 300 Violation of a virgin, see Defloration Violent death : confers a divine or dangerous nature, 393 Vipula : protects his teacher’s wife from adultery, 480 Virginity : uninjured in spite of motherhood, or restored, 34; regarded very highly, 31, 40, add. to 78, 117, 118, 120, 382; punishment of accuser, if, though innocent, a girl is accused of its loss, 44; despised, 121, 177 Vyāsa : as proxy in begetting, 162, 165; unites in a magical way dead loved ones with those remaining behind, 415 Vyasanitā, 207 Vyuṣṭāṃ çarvarim, “ when the night had grown light,” 307 note