Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.3640
Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.3640
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1) *Uttaṅka and the Guru's wife.* After entrusting management of the āśrama to Uttaṅka, Veda once went out on a tour of the country, and Uttaṅka stayed in the āśrama carrying out the instructions of the Guru. Then came the menstrual period of Veda's wife, and his other wives requested Uttaṅka to do the needful, so that the fertile period of their co-wife was not wasted. Uttaṅka's reply to them was as follows:- "Asked by women, I shall not do this improper act; and the preceptor has not asked me to do such a thing though it might be improper."