[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c9.161 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.161 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.161 - **Language:** English ### [c9.161](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.161) (iii) While she was one day massaging my leg in our bedroom she threw away from her finger the ring studded with stones. When I asked her the reason for it she answered me as follows :—This ring studded with stones may prove to be of danger to me. When your feet touched the hard granite rock it turned out into a world beauty (Ahalya). Under the circumstances how much more beautiful would be the woman, who would be created by the touch of your foot on the beautiful stone of the ring? And, because of that beauty you may...me...and then...”. We two—I and Sītā—alone knew about the above incident. - [Previous: c9.160](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.160) - [Next: c9.162](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.162) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.161](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.161) · Pramāṇa