Vulgar words in The Loves of Krishna in Indian Painting and Poetry (Page 1)

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On another occasion, Krishna and Rukmini are making love on a golden bed in a palace bedecked with gems.

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After making love, Krishna suddenly asks Rukmini why she preferred him to Sisupala.

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Rukmini hears him with deep contentment and the two make love.

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One night they go with him to a tank and there make love in the water.

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Flutes and drums play and in the midst of the throng Balarama sings and dances, clasping the cowgirls to him, making love and rousing them to ecstasy.

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We have seen how on one occasion in the _Bhagavata Purana_, Krishna disappears taking with him a single girl, how they then make love together in a forest bower and how when the girl tires and begs Krishna to carry her, he abruptly leaves her.

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At the same time, she is very far from being merely their spokesman or leader and while the later texts dwell constantly on her rapturous love-making with Krishna, they also describe her jealousy when Krishna makes love to other girls.

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3, 18 Dey, B., 112 _Dharma_, 18, 23 Dhenuka, ass demon, 34 Dhritarashtra, blind son of Kuru, father of Kauravas, 20, 21, 51, 66 Dice, contest by, 21 Dickinson, Eric, 103 Draupadi, daughter of King of Panchal, common wife of the five Pandavas, 20-23, 64, 67 Drumalika, demon, 26 Duryodhana, leading Kaurava and son of Dhritarashtra, 23, 51, 66, 67 Dwarka, Krishna's capital in Western India, 21, 22, 54-59, 61-64, 66-70, 94, 108, pls.

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[Illustration] PLATE 29 _Radha and Krishna making Love_ Illustration to the _Sursagar_ of Sur Das Udaipur, Rajasthan, c. 1650 G.K. Kanoria collection, Calcutta Like Plate 28, an illustration to a Hindi poem analysing Krishna's conduct as ideal lover.

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Krishna is sitting on a bed while Radha is rubbing his right arm with sandal preparatory to making love.

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