A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c26.s17.50

v1.c26.s17.50

The commentator Aruṇadatta lived probably in the northern part of India, because he remarks (ad A.H.Sū.7.71) on the practice of fellatio, censured by him, that is current among the southerners.93 This assertion runs counter to Vātsyāyana’s observation that oral intercourse was typical of the inhabitants of the Pañjāb.94 As a northerner, Aruṇa may have committed a pious fraud in blaming the southerners for a disdained practice.