Right & Left

[mhcrxlc at dir.mcc.ac.uk]

Michael Rabe writes:

>* In much the same vein, but in total seriousness, my Sanskrit professor
>(a Brahman, Aryasamajist Panjabi) once confided to his chelas that the
>wife's appointed place at her husband's left side originated in bed: the
>better for right-handed men to make love...

This notion is at least as old as the Pali commentaries and probably much older.

L.S. Cousins


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