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hidden sense in most cases. This remark holds good also in the case of the sections on g7 () (No. 52); fash (ga) (No. 53); Elona (HR) (No, 54); stag (
779) (No. 55); # (No. 56); and (38) (No. 61). All these seven sections, standing approximately in the middle of the whole collection, may be said to form the core or nucleus of obscenity or indecency of the Vajjālagga, though it must be admitted that in the characteristic manner of ancient Indian writers, the obscene, parnographical import is always conveyed in a subtle way by suggestion and hardly ever by direct expression. Cf. the dictum from Kāmaśāstra quoted by Mammaţa in Kävyaprakāśa VII: 494: qa: fugata (=Raza) a tepaatti
In the section on the astrologer (FishST) the following words have been frequently used with a hidden, suggested, obscene import. (1) afta (= afl) and FOTO ( poloh) : (i) chalkstick or stone-pencil (ii) penis. (2) 09 ( = 9.58€7) (i) wooden board or slate-board (ii) anfrath, pudendum muliebre; (3) iu (i) the astrological divisions of the day which are eleven in number (ii) the various modes, positions, postures or attitudes (377) in sexual intercourse; (+) U* (1) (i) the planet Venus (ii) semen virile, seminal fluid (ARAT91094); (5) thg 77" (i) to know the mutations or movements of Venus in the zodiac (ii) to know the behaviour of the seminal fluid; to know how to check the discharge or emission of the seminal fluid; 567 € 5105 is paraphrased by the commentator on st. 497 as ypy AHARIM: FIFA er orna. Cf. dari 1975 in st. 507 and its explanation in the commentary. (6) 979 (tute) to make astrological calculations and forecasts, :(ii) to practise coitus; (7) V70719 (7014) (i) to ask or request one to make astrological calculations and forecasts; (ii) to ask or request one to practise coitus; (8) 70784 (1077) (i) astrologer, (ii) practiser of coitus; (9) ST (i) 3515 the planet Mars, (ii) 3757 physical intercourse; (10) Tejad (i) afara orb of the sun, (ii) ialah pudendum muliebre; (11) pela (i) 247 a constellation, (ii) FEPA a nail-wound or nail-mark, (12) ják (i) a drop of rain. water, (ii) a drop of seminal fluid; (13) fagfest (i) faztea being in the constellation fail, the fourteenth lunar mansion, (ii) fogfiya being in the mind i.e. on which the mind is focussed or concentrated with a view not to allow it (the seminal fluid) to drop or escape; (14) (i) fio a comets (ii) fire or heat; (15)
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