Vajjalaggam

SR No.: 020873
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: M V Patwardhan
Publisher: Prakrit Text Society
Publication Year: 1969
Total Pages: 706
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 11 MB

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VAJJALAGGAM
Section 59 : मुसलवज्जा = मुसलपद्धतिः । The apparent or prima facie meaning of the five stanzas in this section pertains to the or pestle which along with a stone or wooden mortar is used for husking rice-grains and for pounding other things such as spices etc.; the hidden meaning pertains to the male sexual organ, the penis and the female sexual organ, the vaginal cavity. Rajasekhara in his Kavyamīmāmsā, Adhikaraṇa I, Adhyāya 6 (p. 92 of the Benaras edition 1934) gives the following quotation from the याजुषा:, followers of the Yajurveda : योनिरुदूखलं शिक्षं मुशलं मिथुनमेवैतत् प्रजननं क्रियते । Here the vaginal cavity is regarded as the mortar and the male organ as the pestle. Cf. 7,5,1,38, where we find the words योनिरुलूखलं शिश्नं मुसलम्, used, however, in a ritual context primarily, though obviously with a sexual suggestion.
stanza,
538), the sense of this expression is obscure. This stanza is found cited in the dioic IV.97 (233), p. 549 of the Kavyamālā edition, 1934. There the reading in the first quarter is दंसणवलियं दढकं and in the second quarter, विबंधणं दीहरं सुपरिणाई. The commentator says: इह उत्तमस्त्रीणां गृहे ईदृशं मुसलं स्वायत्तं भवति । कीदशम् । दंशने धान्यादिमर्दने वलितं लग्नम्। दढकं दृढम् । स्वार्थे कन् । विगतबन्धनं, दीर्घ सुपरिणाम् अतिस्थूलं च। मेाक्षे दंशने भगमर्दने वलितं संबद्धम् । ढं विगतबन्धनं दीर्घम् अतिस्थूलं च । 34451भिप्रायेण मुसलोत्तरन्यभावना । According to the commentator जगद्वर, देशनmeans 'engaged in pounding (the grains to be unhusked and polished, and also the vaginal cavity)'. 's explanation of विबन्धनम् as विगतबन्धनम् 'released from bondage' is not at all satisfactory. सुपरिणाहम् is explained by him as अतिस्थूलम् ' very bulky or big'. Does mean 'surrounded by a circular iron strip (ferule) which
is fixed on the lower end of the pestle, to protect it from wear and tear caused by strokes in the wooden or stone mortar'? Does mean iron or any other metal ? Under the hidden sense of the the expression may mean 'encircled or surrounded (a aaafen) by a prominent ring-like muscle near the tip', but this is purely conjectural. Cf. й, st. 542. Ravi (1)in the case of the pestle having a firm, strong, tight, metallic hoop or ring (in the central or middle part), which is narrow in comparison with the two ends, so as to make possible a firm grip with the hand. Cf. सुंदरकंचीजुत्ताइ ( st. 539), कंचीह दिढणिबद्धाई (st 540 ) and कंची जुताई (st. 542); (2) the hidden meaning applying to the male organ is
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