Re: Re: stock phrase about women?

[Somadeva Vasudeva]

In a message dated 9/3/04 9:56:26 pm, mdelhey at YAHOO.COM writes:


> ... aSTAbhiH sthAnaiH strI puruSaM badhnAti, tadyathA
> nRttena, gItena, hasitena , prekSitena, varNena,
> sparzena, Akalpena, vraNabhaGgena  ca.
> 

If emendation of the passage is warranted how about var.nabha"ngena 
(=svarabha"nga, vacobha"nga), the ``sweet stammering'' women are so commonly producing 
in kaavya. (I thought of vratabha"nga but that seems wholly negative)

S.D.Vasudeva