Śakuntalá; or, Śakuntalá recognized by the ring, the Devanágarí recension, ed. with tr. of the metrical passages, and notes by M. Williams |
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... husband from a number of assembled suitors . In very early times the princesses of India seem to have enjoyed this singular privilege . It is not mentioned amongst the forms of marriage in Manu iii . 21 , & c . ; but the provision which ...
... husband from a number of assembled suitors . In very early times the princesses of India seem to have enjoyed this singular privilege . It is not mentioned amongst the forms of marriage in Manu iii . 21 , & c . ; but the provision which ...
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... husband to transfer the effects of the exchange of food from her son to her grandson . There is something like anachronism in the history of Viśvāmitra . Satyavatī , his sister , was the grandmother of Paraśu - rāma , and it was not ...
... husband to transfer the effects of the exchange of food from her son to her grandson . There is something like anachronism in the history of Viśvāmitra . Satyavatī , his sister , was the grandmother of Paraśu - rāma , and it was not ...
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... husband uttered in joke [ see p . 30 , l . 1 ] , my heart is held in suspense and anxious , ' i . e . anxious to know the truth , as to whether she is really destined for marriage , or for an ascetic life ; and fearful lest at some ...
... husband uttered in joke [ see p . 30 , l . 1 ] , my heart is held in suspense and anxious , ' i . e . anxious to know the truth , as to whether she is really destined for marriage , or for an ascetic life ; and fearful lest at some ...
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... husband did not take her to his own house , when the marriageable period of life arrived ; ( see Manu ix . 4 , with commentary . ) Vyāpāra - rodhi madanasya = kāma - kriyā - nivārakam , ' hindering amatory actions . ' According to K ...
... husband did not take her to his own house , when the marriageable period of life arrived ; ( see Manu ix . 4 , with commentary . ) Vyāpāra - rodhi madanasya = kāma - kriyā - nivārakam , ' hindering amatory actions . ' According to K ...
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... husband , about whom there is this wish , is not difficult to be obtained ; prarthanā- sabdena tad - vishayo varo lakshyate , K. , i . e . prarthana is the prayer supposed to have been made by Kanva , that he might find a suitable husband ...
... husband , about whom there is this wish , is not difficult to be obtained ; prarthanā- sabdena tad - vishayo varo lakshyate , K. , i . e . prarthana is the prayer supposed to have been made by Kanva , that he might find a suitable husband ...
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