muSTANDa, apANDa, eunuchs

[Phillip Ernest]

I too shall look at this article: I posted a question about circumcision
in pre-Islamic-invasion Indian literature a while back (and did get one
very helpful response); perhaps there may be more in this article about
the awareness of Indians of that period, of the practice.



On Sat, 9 Sep 2000, Luis Gonzalez-Reimann wrote:

> The following should be useful:
>
> Goldman R. P. Transsexualism, Gender, and Anxiety in Taditional India. Journal
> of the American Oriental Society, Jul-Sep, 1993, V113(N3):374-401.
>
> At 04:27 PM 09/08/2000 -0500, Tim Cahill wrote:
>
> >   Any information / references about eunuchs in ancient India would also
> >help me to advise a classical studies student who is very interested in
> >doing research on this topic. [Key words: chinnamuSka, hRtapuMstva,
> >varSavara, sthApatya, kaMcukin, sauvida, sauvidalla (Apte)]
>
> Best,
>
> Luis Gonzalez-Reimann
> University of California, Berkeley
>