Dear Gaia, See Ratirahasyam of Kokkoka 12.6 (text <https://archive.org/details/ratirahasyam/page/n113/mode/2up>) (translation <https://archive.org/details/ratirahasyakamasutraasi/page/n129/mode/2up>).
All the Best, Victor On Thu, Aug 3, 2023 at 2:06 AM Shubham Arora via INDOLOGY < indology@list.indology.info> wrote: > (Apologies to mods, I replied with the wrong email address originally. > Hopefully this goes through properly) > > Hi Gaia and list members, > > You might be interested in checking out the fourth book of the *Kāmasūtra*, > titled “*bhāryādhikārika* or Wives.” The first chapter of this book > discusses a wife’s lifestyle and her household duties. In particular: > *paścāt saṃveśanaṃ pūrvam utthānam anavabodhanaṃ ca suptasya* [KS 4.1.17]. > “she lies down after him, gets up before him, and never wakes him up when > he is asleep” (Doniger and Kakar 2002: 95). > The following section talks about her conduct during her husband’s > absence. Hope this helps. > > All best, > Shubham > > > — > Shubham Arora > Doctoral Candidate > Dept. of Asian Studies | University of British Columbia > > On Aug 2, 2023, at 12:41 AM, Gaia Pintucci via INDOLOGY < > indology@list.indology.info> wrote: > > Dear list members, > > I encountered the following statement: > kulāṅganā hi caramaṃ śāyinyaḥ prathamaṃ prabodhinyaś ca bhavanti > and it was marked with an iti. > (A variant wording has caramaśāyinyaḥ prathamāvabodhinyaś for caramaṃ > śāyinyaḥ prathamaṃ prabodhinyaś.) > Unfortunately my grepping yielded no result, therefore if someone among > you happens to know the source for this sentence or has a hunch of the type > of source which could include a similar statement, I would be very grateful > to hear from you. (I am thinking that dharmaśāstra might be the right place > to search for it, but it would be nice to first narrow down the range of > texts to examine.) > Beside that and regardless whether the above really is a verbatim quote or > not, do any of you know more about the prescription/usage, in the ancient > Indian context, that women, if they are respectable, wake up first and go > to bed last? > > All the best, > Gaia Pintucci > > > _______________________________________________ > INDOLOGY mailing list > INDOLOGY@list.indology.info > https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology > > > > _______________________________________________ > INDOLOGY mailing list > INDOLOGY@list.indology.info > https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology >
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