And now to consider the tables more carefully. As is shown by No. II, the Gunas are of various values, and are distributed under eight heads. 1. Caste. If both be of the same, or the caste o... Read more
Table III Asterism (Nakshatra) Group Class NadiHour of 4 m 1 2 3 4 Ashvini God Horse First Cha,1, i.e. Aries Che,1,i.e. do. Cho,1. i.e.do. La,1,i.e. do. Bharani Man Elephant Middle Li,1, i.e... Read more
APPENDIX I ASTROLOGY IN CONNECTION WITH MARRIAGE 1.Now is related the effect resulting from the consonance and dissonance, amity and hospitality, between the stars (and destinies) of a coupl... Read more
Here end the forms of Upavishta, or sitting-posture. The next is: (D) Utthita, or the standing posture, which admits of three sub-divisions: 1. Janu-kuru-utthitha-bandha (i.e., “knee a... Read more
CHAPTER IX TREATING OF INTERNAL ENJOYMENTS IN ITS VARIOUS FORMS By “internal enjoyment”, is meant the art of congress which follows the various external preliminaries described i... Read more
Karatadana, as the word denotes, 20 are soft tappings and pattings with the hand, by the husband or the wife, upon certain members of each other’s persons. And in this process there ar... Read more
There are seven different ways of applying the nails, which may be remembered by the Mandalaka or oblong formula on the following page: 1. Churit-nakhadana is setting the nails in such a way... Read more
CHAPTER VIII TREATING OF EXTERNAL ENJOYMENTS By “external enjoyments” are meant the processes which should always precede internal enjoyment or coition. The wise have said that b... Read more
The following women, however, are absolutely, and under all circumstances, to be excluded from any commerce of the kind. The wife of a Brahman; of a Shrotiya (Brahman learned in the Vedas);... Read more
And now as regards the other sex. The woman of inauspicious signs, will be or become an orphan, a widow, destitute of brothers and sisters, and without connections, as well as relations, so... Read more
